How Could I Balance Continuing to Work While Pursuing a Degree?

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  • Laurie B Kofstad
چکیده

In October 2010, the Institute of Medicine released the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which called for 80% of all nurses to have a BSN degree by 2020. This expectation was overwhelming and, in the beginning, I felt like it was an insult. I have had my associate degree in nursing for more than 20 years. All I could ask was: How can I have worked so many years and now be considered a subpar nurse? Regardless, the fact remained that I needed to return to college and obtain a higher degree.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Clinical journal of oncology nursing

دوره 21 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017