Title

Outcome measures for traditional accelerated nursing graduates:An integrative literature review

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Abstract

AIM The purpose of this article is to examine research studies that compared outcome measures of students/graduates of traditional and accelerated BSN programs. BACKGROUND Accelerated postgraduate baccalaureate nursing programs are popular. It is important to compare outcome measures and explore equivalence between traditional and accelerated programs.METHOD Peer-reviewed research articles published within the last six years were identified in ERIC,CINAHL,and MEDLINE. RESULTS Seven research studies involving 1,159 traditional students and 576 accelerated students were included in this review. CONCLUSION Findings indicate that although there were some statistically significant differences in outcomes between groups,research methodologies used in several of the studies were not ideal. Future research needs to be geared toward practice pattern differences between the two groups as well as research exploring evaluation methods.

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