Nursing student retention in an associate degree nursing program utilizing a retention specialist 1

Personal, academic, and environmental factors related to associate degree nursing student attrition and retention were analyzed in association with the use of a retention specialist for individual and group tutoring. Statistically significant relationships were found between higher course grades and higher graduation grade point average with the use of the retention specialist with individual and group tutoring. A retention specialist may support academic factors impacting nursing student attrition and retention to graduation.