Primary Healthcare, Nursing and Neonatal Screening

Statement of the Problem: Attrition is a major challenge facing nursing students that results in substantial costs on the

education, health, and treatment systems across countries and can have an unwanted effect on the quality and quantity of health

services provided as well as on the health of citizens. The purpose of this study is to describe nursing students' perceptions

toward factors influencing attrition.

Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: A qualitative study conducted using a content analysis approach. Nineteen

undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the nursing bachelor program were recruited using purposive and snowball

sampling. In-depth face-to-face focus and group interviews and participant observation were used for data production.

Conventional content analysis approach utilized for analyzing.

Findings: In this study nursing students’ attrition factors were categorized into two themes: ‘before admission’ and ‘after

admission’. The obligation to choose to nurse in the National Entrance Exam, poor management in workforce provision and

improper supervision, the discrepancy between expectations and experiences, and being work abused in clinical training were

the main factors of attrition.

Conclusion & Significance: Authorities in education and practice sectors can use these findings to improve the quality of

clinical and theoretical education and to avoid nursing student attrition. This can be accomplished through an expansion in

network consciousness of the character of nursing, proficient administration of workforce arrangement and clear and succinct

supervision of exercises in both hypothetical and clinical fields.