The purpose of this study was to determine whether certain key outcomes differ between
preRN licensure students who have a criminal history and those who do not. Outcomes
examined were program completion, NCLEX-RN® passage, subsequent criminal acts, and
subsequent professional misconduct. A retrospective descriptive-comparative research
design was used. The sample consisted of 3,166 applicants from the 2006 cohort of
preRN licensure students in Louisiana who met the criteria for inclusion in the study.
Analysis of the data revealed 10% of participants with a criminal history had a subsequent
criminal incident, whereas only 3.4% of the noncriminal history group had a subsequent
criminal incident. Additionally, 4.5% of the criminal history group had subsequent
professional misconduct compared with 1% of the noncriminal history group.
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