Student retention and success: Optimizing outcomes through HOLISTIC COMPETENCE and proactive inclusive enrichment

Nursing student retention and success is a complex, multidimensional process that demands prioritized attention and requires a shifted focus from remediation to enrichment and optimization. Through the HOLISTIC COMPETENCE acronym description, educators will discover essential elements for proactive inclusive enrichment and reasons for avoiding exclusive remediation. Guided by Jeffreys' Nursing Undergraduate Retention and Success model, this article provides a beginning repertoire of ideas to enrich the nursing student experience and optimize outcomes.