Student Success Factors in a Nurse Practitioner Program

Student exit surveys are a unique means of extracting data for program evaluation. An exploratory study of 5 years of data (n = 440) from a 115-question Master of Science in Nursing student online exit survey examined whether race, sex, age, and prior work experience as a registered nurse predicted academic success. Findings indicated a statistically positive relationship between self-reported outcomes and prior registered nurse work experience. There were significant findings related to the effect of race and years of nursing experience on students’ self-reported learning outcomes. Ongoing evaluation can bring successful course redesign and curriculum transformation to students.