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Item Learning strategies utilized by Montana nursing students(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 1997) Lockwood, Suzanne FrankItem Factors that enabled success of Native American baccalaureate nursing graduates at Montana State University from 1986 to 1995(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 1997) Yurkovich, Eleanor EloiseItem The moral integrity of nursing students in two-year colleges(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 2007) Wirtz, Ellen Frances; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Betsy PalmerMoral integrity development and professional decision making ability is a vital characteristic in nurses. A review of the literature revealed that while the moral development of baccalaureate nursing students had been investigated, there was little data investigating the variables affecting the moral development of nursing students in two-year colleges. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate if age, gender, prior work experience in the health care field, prior college experience and grade point average made a difference in the moral development of nursing students in two-year colleges at the beginning and at the end of their nursing programs. The cognitive development theory of Piaget, the moral development theory of Kohlberg, Gilligan's theory of the moral development in women and Parse's nursing theory of human becoming formed the framework for this research.Item The nursing student experience : student perceptions concerning factors leading to success in an associate of science in nursing program at Montana State University-Northern(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Education, Health & Human Development, 2006) Pappas, Mary Weber; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Marilyn Lockhart.Retention of nursing students in nursing programs throughout the country is a concern in this time of serious nursing shortages. Educating nursing students is expensive, and when students do not persist in a nursing program, valuable resources are taken from other students who may be successful. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to discover and understand the program and personal factors that current students, graduates, and previous nonpersistent students reported as helping students in the associate of science in nursing program at Montana State University-Northern persist to graduation. The study also explored program and personal factors that current students, graduates, and previous nonpersistent students reported as contributing to leaving the associate of science in nursing program. A questionnaire was developed by the researcher using concepts from the literature review. For the quantitative portion of this mixed methods study, 114 questionnaires were returned from the population of 191 students who were admitted into the program in 2002, 2003, and 2004. Responses to this questionnaire are presented in percentages of responses for each participant type.