Honors and Nursing: Reasons for Enrollment, Persistence, and Withdrawal.

Background: The intertwining of honors within collegiate nursing education can be rewarding and challenging for students. This study examined why students enroll in honors, why students persist in honors, why some students withdraw from honors, and what resources are beneficial to honors success.

Method: An online survey was sent to 130 nursing students enrolled in an honors program at one midwestern university.

Collaborating With Rural Practice Partners to Provide a Primary Care Experience for Prelicensure Nursing Students.

Background: Prelicensure nursing education has generally emphasized acute care; however, as primary care changes in the United States, academia must transform. The national call for transforming primary care requires innovation in the education of prelicensure nursing students.

Problem: To ensure future RNs can function in the primary care setting and assume enhanced roles within the interprofessional team, prelicensure nursing students need to be exposed to primary care.