Open Access Vocation, Friendship and Resilience: A Study Exploring Nursing Student and Staff Views on Retention and Attrition

Abstract: Introduction: There is international concern about retention of student nurses on undergraduate programmes. United Kingdom Higher Education Institutions are monitored on their attrition statistics and can be penalised financially, so they have an incentive to help students remain on their programmes beyond their moral duty to ensure students receive the best possible educational experience. Aims: to understand students ’ and staff concerns about programmes and placements as part of developing our retentio