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ArticleBMC nursing2022

Why do nursing students leave bachelor program? Findings from a qualitative descriptive study.

Federica Canzan, Luisa Saiani, Elisabetta Mezzalira, Elisabetta Allegrini, Arianna Caliaro, Elisa Ambrosi

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Article in BMC nursing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07337200 (The Effectiveness of Daily Three Good Thing Intervention on Gratitude and Psychological Well-being Among Indonesian Nursing Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07337200 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

The Effectiveness of Daily Three Good Thing Intervention on Gratitude and Psychological Well-being Among Indonesian Nursing Students: Solomon Four-Group Design

TypeinterventionalSponsorKaohsiung Medical UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled277ConditionsNursing Student, Gratitude, Psychological Well-beingArmsThree Good Things
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Federica CanzanDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 8, 37100, Verona, Italy. federica.canzan@univr.it.
Luisa SaianiDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 8, 37100, Verona, Italy.
Elisabetta MezzaliraDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 8, 37100, Verona, Italy.
Elisabetta AllegriniAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy.
Arianna CaliaroAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy.
Elisa AmbrosiDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, University of Verona, Strada le Grazie 8, 37100, Verona, Italy.
University of Verona · ITAzienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOver the past few years, the phenomenon of "nursing student attrition" has been unevenly studied. Investigators often focused on independent predictors as age, family obligations, final grade of high school, demanding physical and mental workload and others. Specifically, just a few studies applied qualitative methods to better comprehend the very needs of first year students enrolled in a bachelor's degree in nursing sciences (BSN), to sustain their learning process and define effective strategies to reduce student drop-out.

methodsWe conducted a qualitative descriptive study. Thirty-one nursing students at Verona University were interviewed using a semi-structured guide. Data analysis was performed according to a descriptive approach by Sandelowski & Barroso (2000).

resultsA total number of 31 students were interviewed. The most recurrent themes regarding the reasons behind BSN drop-out were: understanding that they were not suited to be nurses, perception of missing/lack of psychological, physical and practical resources needed to successfully cope with both nursing school and the nursing profession, inconsistencies between the image of the profession and the reality of the job, feelings of disappointment for the experiences of internship, perceived lack of support from the clinical teacher while going through difficult experiences.

conclusionsWe can consider a part of these drop-out decisions normal, even physiological when students come to realise that they are not suited for the nursing profession. However, it's important to guide nursing students with adequate counselling in order to give them the essential tools to cope with the training and the future as health professionals.

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Academic failureAttritionDeterminantsDrop-outEducation policyNursing studentsRetention

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OpenAlexW4221086200

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