New Careers in Nursing Nationwide, 2007-2017 (ICPSR 36758)

Version Date: May 2, 2018

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Principal Investigator(s):
Vernell DeWitty, NCIN/RWJF/AACN; Christine Downing, NCIN/RWJF/AACN

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36758.v1

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Summary

The New Careers in Nursing Nationwide, 2007-2017 database was designed to evaluate the New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) program. NCIN aimed to provide a streamlined pathway for those individuals who held a bachelor degree but no healthcare experience, to diversify the nursing workforce by identifying underrepresented minorities who were interested in the nursing profession, and to provide individuals with leadership and mentoring opportunities and allow them to cultivate skills as future nursing educators. The NCIN program ran from 2008 through 2015 and awarded 3517 scholarships to 130 schools/programs of nursing. NCIN scholars received three surveys: at the start of their program, the midpoint and upon completing their program. The surveys asked about their curricular and co-curricular experiences, aspirations, program satisfaction, education debt, and future employment.

Citation

DeWitty, Vernell, and Downing, Christine. New Careers in Nursing Nationwide, 2007-2017. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-02. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR36758.v1

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Funding

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (NCIN (Authorization))

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

State

Restrictions

ICPSR restricted the data file from general dissemination for reasons of confidentiality. Users interested in obtaining the restricted data must complete an Agreement for the Use of Confidential Data, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Apply for access to the restricted data through the ICPSR restricted data contract portal, which can be accessed via the study home page.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2007 -- 2017

Date of Collection

2008 -- 2015

Data Collection Notes

  1. An external evaluator was used to collect and compile the data, and over the years the evaluator's technical staff changed as did some of the survey and data architecture (value labels, etc.). Users are advised to pay close attention to the label direction, especially for satisfaction questions. Please see P.I. Documentation for additional information.

  2. For additional information on the New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) program, please visit the NCIN website.
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Study Purpose

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) program by surveying NCIN scholarship recipients who attended an accelerated nursing program.

Study Design

The New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) program ran from 2008 through 2015 and awarded 3517 scholarships to 130 schools/programs of nursing. 3506 scholarships were disbursed indicating that 11 scholarships were not claimed. NCIN scholarship recipients were asked to complete three surveys: at the start of their nursing program, the midpoint and upon completing their program. The data was sanitized for privacy reasons both at the individual and programmatic level, and 17 'missing' value labels used for survey tracking purposes were consolidated into 3 'missing value' labels.

Sample

All scholars who received a New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) scholarship were sent all three surveys (entry, midpoint, and exit). The only persons who did not receive the study were those who had fully withdrawn from their nursing program.

Time Method

Longitudinal: Panel

Universe

Nursing students who were awarded the New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) scholarship.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Presence of Common Scales

Several Likert-type scales were used.

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Original Release Date

2018-05-02

Version History

2018-05-02 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.
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Weight

The data are not weighted.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.