Minority Student Success in Nursing Education

All minority populations are underrepresented in nursing when compared to the general population. Minority and nontraditional nursing students have lower retention and persistence rates as, well as lower NCLEX-RN® pass rates than white non-Hispanic nursing students. A variety of methods have been used to predict nursing student success and numerous interventions to improve student success have been reported. A review of these strategies reveals the necessity of thoughtful curricular and program approaches to increase the rate of success among nursing students. The Caring Imperative is proposed as a theoretical basis for these approaches