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Journal of Nursing & Care

ISSN: 2167-1168

Open Access

Karen Gorton


Tanzania

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  • Research Article
    Student’s Academic Transition Issues: Associate Degree to Baccalaureate Nursing
    Author(s): Lasala Bradshaw Kathleen and Karen GortonLasala Bradshaw Kathleen and Karen Gorton

    Health care requires increasing the number and quality of registered nurses to the baccalaureate level to address part of the critical nurse shortage problem and need for highly qualified professionals. Two major national initiatives examining the nursing workforce issue in the United States recommend decreasing barriers, refining academic pathways and facilitating nurses return to school for higher levels of education by streamlining nursing education between community colleges and baccalaureate programs. Nurses prepared at higher levels have demonstrated stronger patient outcomes and ability to provide safe and effective care. This study sought to define barriers, priorities and enhancement/motivational factors, as identified by students, during transition from associate degree to baccalaureate nursing degree completion programs. Additionally, demographic data was compared to barrie.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2167-1168.1000231

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