mandantory study sessions for nursing students

[cicinurse]

The nursing program, in which I am teaching, has instituted supervised mandantory study sessions for those students who are failing either one or more courses. I have found little research on the benefit of mandantory study sessions as a means of remediation. Do any other nursing programs utilize this as a remediation tool for didactic learning? I would appreciate any examples of current remediation processes for didactic learning as this would be very helpful. Thanks!

[lkwashington]

The school I teach at, we use ATI testing and Virtual Excursions. It benefit most students. The students have to apply and it also depends on how bad they want it. We also use Evolve.

[dorimar, BSN, RN]

Where I teach we use what we call "student success program". These are sessions offered weekly for students who are doing poorly (usually we have them on test days and students who achieve less than 80% on a test are required to attend). This is not individual or even group study time. I think it can be very beneficial if done well... It is only as good as the facilitator makes it (just like class). For some, it is a waste of time. Recently we have allowed a retake of the test in groups, and if the group gets an A on the group test, everyone in that group gets an additional 3 points on their individual test score. It has worked really well because the students go over why they think each answer is right or wrong and they discuss each other's rationales. The students tell me they learn a great deal this way. I also like to use the time with thinking and practicing type activities (analyzing ABGs, complex med math, analyzing and treating hemodynamics, unfolding case studies, etc., whatever area your are covering in class). This way, they learn to apply it. You can't just drone or lecture, or make them read or quietly study, or it is a waste of time. It can be very beneficial if done well, or a waste of everyone's time if no thought is put into it.

[caliotter3]

My school had a faculty member who also held the position of "retention coordinator". When a student fell into the peril zone, they were mandated to confer with her. She worked individually with the student. I do not know any of the specifics of what she did with the student besides one on one counselling, but I do know that she had a wonderful reputation in both student and school administration circles, so she must have been doing something right.

[cicinurse]

Thanks for your input. I greatly appreciate it!