Regionally increasing baccalaureate-prepared nurses in North Carolina: the RIBN Project.
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A more highly educated nursing workforce is needed to address the increasingly complex health care needs of our citizens and to expand the pool for future faculty and advanced practice nurses. North Carolina must create new partnerships between community colleges and universities to support seamless progression toward a baccalaureate degree. The RIBN model provides one option to meet this goal.
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The RIBN initiative: a new effort to increase the number of baccalaureate nurses in North Carolina.
To meet the increasing demand for a more educated nursing workforce, the Regionally Increasing Baccalaureate Nurses (RIBN) initiative provides an economically feasible educational pathway between community colleges and universities so that more North Carolina nursing students can achieve a baccalaureate degree at the beginning of their career.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- North Carolina medical journal
دوره 72 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011