Admission characteristics that influence DNP students' first-semester success: A retrospective study.BACKGROUND
 Students apply to Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs with varying demographic, academic, and professional characteristics.  To investigate which demographic, academic, and professional characteristics influence DNP students' first-semester success.


 Retrospective study using online DNP student application materials at a medium-sized, mid-Atlantic private university.


 Investigators used a self-developed Audit Tool to identify characteristics of enrolled DNP students' application materials (n = 245). 
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