Progression Rates Among Rural Junior-I Pre-licensure Nursing Students Using a Math Academic Coaching Program
Purpose: Math competency is a content area in which some rural pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students struggle, contributing to lower completion rates. The purpose of this project was to determine if a Math Academic Coaching Program (MACP) can increase first semester nursing student success wi...
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Rural Nurse Organization; Binghamton University
2022-05-01
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| author | Kellie LaVaun Middleton Tracy P George Kate Jones Sarah Kershner Robyn Morgan |
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| description | Purpose: Math competency is a content area in which some rural pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students struggle, contributing to lower completion rates. The purpose of this project was to determine if a Math Academic Coaching Program (MACP) can increase first semester nursing student success with math proficiency in medication dosage calculations.
Sample: First semester Bachelor of Science nursing students at a rural, public university in the Southeastern United States participated in this study.
Method: Six online learning modules were provided. A quantitative, quasi-experimental approach was used to measure successful completion of the Medication Dosage Competency Exam (MDCE) and Junior-I progression using frequency distributions and means to compare MACP group to the traditional teaching math group. Participation was voluntary.
Findings: The MACP improved MDCE scores and progression rates compared to previous semesters of students who did not complete the MACP.
Conclusion: The MACP was an effective way to teach math skills to rural first-semester nursing students, assist them in success in the MDCE, and increase patient safety through proper medication calculations and dosing.
Keywords: nursing students, drug dosage calculations, academic success, rural nursing education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14574/ojrnhc.v22i1.688 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-125c1d558b6a495ebea3624e915288f02023-11-08T20:29:22ZengRural Nurse Organization; Binghamton UniversityOnline Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care1539-33992022-05-01221128149599Progression Rates Among Rural Junior-I Pre-licensure Nursing Students Using a Math Academic Coaching ProgramKellie LaVaun Middleton0Tracy P George1Kate Jones2Sarah Kershner3Robyn Morgan4Francis Marion UniversityFrancis Marion UniversityUniversity of South CarolinaFrancis Marion UniversityFrancis Marion UniversityPurpose: Math competency is a content area in which some rural pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing students struggle, contributing to lower completion rates. The purpose of this project was to determine if a Math Academic Coaching Program (MACP) can increase first semester nursing student success with math proficiency in medication dosage calculations. Sample: First semester Bachelor of Science nursing students at a rural, public university in the Southeastern United States participated in this study. Method: Six online learning modules were provided. A quantitative, quasi-experimental approach was used to measure successful completion of the Medication Dosage Competency Exam (MDCE) and Junior-I progression using frequency distributions and means to compare MACP group to the traditional teaching math group. Participation was voluntary. Findings: The MACP improved MDCE scores and progression rates compared to previous semesters of students who did not complete the MACP. Conclusion: The MACP was an effective way to teach math skills to rural first-semester nursing students, assist them in success in the MDCE, and increase patient safety through proper medication calculations and dosing. Keywords: nursing students, drug dosage calculations, academic success, rural nursing education DOI: https://doi.org/10.14574/ojrnhc.v22i1.688https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/688 |
| spellingShingle | Kellie LaVaun Middleton Tracy P George Kate Jones Sarah Kershner Robyn Morgan Progression Rates Among Rural Junior-I Pre-licensure Nursing Students Using a Math Academic Coaching Program Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care |
| title | Progression Rates Among Rural Junior-I Pre-licensure Nursing Students Using a Math Academic Coaching Program |
| title_full | Progression Rates Among Rural Junior-I Pre-licensure Nursing Students Using a Math Academic Coaching Program |
| title_fullStr | Progression Rates Among Rural Junior-I Pre-licensure Nursing Students Using a Math Academic Coaching Program |
| title_full_unstemmed | Progression Rates Among Rural Junior-I Pre-licensure Nursing Students Using a Math Academic Coaching Program |
| title_short | Progression Rates Among Rural Junior-I Pre-licensure Nursing Students Using a Math Academic Coaching Program |
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| url | https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/688 |
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