From: Attrition and success rates of accelerated students in nursing courses: a systematic review
Country | Subjects | Success | |
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Australia | 130 traditional students and 34 accelerated students | Internal grades were not significantly different between these groups | [28] |
Canada | 87 traditional and 16 accelerated students | Overall internal grades were not significantly different | [29] |
US | 46 traditional students and 48 graduate accelerated students | Accelerated students had higher marks internally. None of the traditional students failed the NCLEX-RN, but two of the accelerated students did | [30] |
US | 32 traditional students and 29 graduate accelerated students | In internal examinations, the accelerated students performed significantly better than the traditional students | [31] |
Australia | 471 traditional students and 259 graduate students including 84 international students | The graduate accelerated students obtained higher internal marks than the traditional students | [32] |
US | 33 traditional students and 40 graduate accelerated students | Five of the traditional group failed the NCLEX the first time, compared to 3 from the accelerated student group, and this was not significantly different | [33] |
US | 29 traditional and 27 graduate accelerated students | Accelerated students had a 90 % passing rate in the NCLEX-RN, compared to 70 % of the traditional students | [34] |