The US lack of nurses to meet healthcare demands is a national crisis (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2021). Attrition rates in nursing programs compound the nursing shortage. Community colleges are where a number of nursing students attend to complete an Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) program. Community college leaders and educators have a dire need to find new innovative evidence-based strategies to reduce attrition. The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental before and after Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project was to investigate what impact a metacognitive education session has on the self-efficacy of first-year ADN students at a community college. Albert Bandura's (1977) self-efficacy theory guided this project based on the concept that self-efficacy can be associated with academic performance. The practice-based question was: What impact did a metacognitive education session have on the perceived self-efficacy of first-year ADN students at a community college? The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) was administered to a convenience single-group sample of first-year ADN students enrolled at a rural community college in western Tennessee. Data analysis results from a paired-samples t-test showed a statistically significant difference between the pre-posttest GSES scores p < 0.001. The results of this project suggest that a metacognitive education session can positively impact self-efficacy of first-year ADN students at a community college. Therefore, a metacognitive education session integrated into an ADN nursing curricula at a community college has the potential to enhance the self-efficacy of first-year ADN students. The results are promising since self-efficacy is indicated to positively impact academic performance. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]