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AyDissertationyPresentedyinyPartialyFulfillmentyO
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, 2
THEyRELATIONSHIPyBETWEENyTESTyOFyESSENTIALyACADEMICySKILLSyANDyNUR
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TraceyyMiltonyTurner
AyDissertationyPresentedyinyPartialyFulfillmentyO
fytheyRequirementsyforytheyDegree
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LibertyyUniversity,yLynchburg,yVAy201
8
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ShannayW.yAkers,yEd.D.,yCommitteeyChairy
KurtyY.yMichael,yPh.D.,yCommitteeyMember
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ABSTRACT
Inylightyofytheynationalynursingyshortage,ythereyisyayheightenedyneedytoyadmitystudentsytoyschoolsyofy
nursingywhoyareylikelyytoypersistythroughygraduation.yTheypurposeyofythisyquantitativeypredictiveyco
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ntsyinyayresidential,yundergraduate,ypre-
licensureyBacheloryofyScienceyinynursingy(BSN)yprogramyatyayprivateyuniversity.yArchivalydataycon
sistingyofyinformationyrelatedytoysophomore,yresidential,yundergraduate,ypre-
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y
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2016ystudyysampleywasyrejected.yTheynullyhypothesisyforythey2016-
y
2017ystudyysampleywasyrejected.yTheynullyhypothesisyforythey2017-
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, 4
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Toymyylovingyhusband,yJohn:yyouryencouragementyandysupportymakeymeyaybetteryperso
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LibertyyUniversity
AyDissertationyPresentedyinyPartialyFulfillmentyO
fytheyRequirementsyforytheyDegree
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LibertyyUniversityy201
8
, 2
THEyRELATIONSHIPyBETWEENyTESTyOFyESSENTIALyACADEMICySKILLSyANDyNUR
SINGyFINALyCOURSEyGRADESyFORySOPHOMOREySTUDENTSyINyAyRESIDENTIAL,yU
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AyDissertationyPresentedyinyPartialyFulfillmentyO
fytheyRequirementsyforytheyDegree
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LibertyyUniversity,yLynchburg,yVAy201
8
APPROVEDyBY:
ShannayW.yAkers,yEd.D.,yCommitteeyChairy
KurtyY.yMichael,yPh.D.,yCommitteeyMember
, 3
ABSTRACT
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nursingywhoyareylikelyytoypersistythroughygraduation.yTheypurposeyofythisyquantitativeypredictiveyco
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ntsyinyayresidential,yundergraduate,ypre-
licensureyBacheloryofyScienceyinynursingy(BSN)yprogramyatyayprivateyuniversity.yArchivalydataycon
sistingyofyinformationyrelatedytoysophomore,yresidential,yundergraduate,ypre-
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2018yacademicyyearsywereyusedyinythisystudy.yThey2015-
2016ysampleyconsistedyofy138ysophomoreynursingystudents.yThey2016-
y
2017ysampleyconsistedyofy160ysophomoreynursingystudents.yThey2017-
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2016ystudyysampleywasyrejected.yTheynullyhypothesisyforythey2016-
y
2017ystudyysampleywasyrejected.yTheynullyhypothesisyforythey2017-
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, 4
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