The Future of Baccalaureate Degrees for Nurses
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The future of baccalaureate degrees for nurses.
PROBLEM. Unlike other professional healthcare disciplines, the profession of nursing has multiple levels of entry. Recently, several states have proposed legislation to mandate completion of baccalaureate education after 10 years of nursing licensure. METHODS. This article examines the proposals, statistics, strategies, and other relevant literature on baccalaureate education for nurses and t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nursing Forum
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0029-6473
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2010.00194.x