Hope: The dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel retention Model for diverse nursing studentsIn: Journal of Theory Construction & Testing
An inordinate number of American Indian nursing students fail to graduate. This article explores ways to facilitate student success through the use of a Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel, and reports findings from a descriptive study of hope in American Indian and non-American Indian students who were nursing majors at an upper Midwestern university. The Herth hope scale revealed high levels of hope in both groups; however, among the American Indian students there was a trend toward lower scores on items describing negative reactions to presumed setbacks and fears. Findings are discussed in light of the Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel conceptual model.