An evaluation into the impact of undergraduate nursing students classroom attendance and engagement with online tasks on overall academic achievement

- Evidence to support the benefits of mandatory attendance is unclear.
- The review used extant data on attendance, engagement and student achievement.
- Students with 100% attendance and engagement were more likely to achieve an A grade.
- Findings indicate achievement is nonlinear and maybe related to higher motivation.
- Nurse education should move away from mandatory attendance polices.