Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] Recruitment and retention in the nursing workforce have long been a concern (Buerhaus et al., 2017), particularly for minority nurses (Murray & Noone, 2022), but the severity and significance of nurse staffing shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic have brought these concerns to the forefront (Matthews et al., 2022). Understanding how to facilitate success for baccalaureate-prepared nurses is essential to building the nursing workforce. Nursing students' academic success and graduation are critical components of the nursing workforce. Although retention strategies have been developed to address barriers to graduation (Ackerman-Barger et al., 2020; Cameron et al., 2011; Etowa et al., 2005; Melillo et al., 2013; Murray et al., 2016), student retention remains a problem. Persistence has been identified as a key concept for understanding student retention in higher education (Nagaoka et al., 2013). The study of persistence in graduating Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students could provide insight into how these students navigate their educational program and why they choose to stay. This study examined factors that helped students to persist and succeed in a BSN program. [To read more, click View Resource.]
