Moving Closer to the 2020 BSN-Prepared Workforce Goal

One of the recommendations of the landmark Future of NursingLeading Change, Advancing Health report was to increase the proportion of nurses with a bachelor of science in nursing or higher degree to 80% by 2020. In 2012, the American Organization of Nurse Executives was selected by the Robert Wood J...

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Published in:The American journal of nursing 2018-02, Vol.118 (2), p.43-45
Main Authors: Gerardi, Tina, Farmer, Pat, Hoffman, Bryan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic degrees
Labor force
National programmes
Nurses
Nursing
Nursing education
Workforce
Workforce planning
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Summary:One of the recommendations of the landmark Future of NursingLeading Change, Advancing Health report was to increase the proportion of nurses with a bachelor of science in nursing or higher degree to 80% by 2020. In 2012, the American Organization of Nurse Executives was selected by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as the National Program Office for a new initiative—the Academic Progression in Nursing (APIN) program—with the goal of identifying and developing the most promising strategies for creating a more highly educated nursing workforce. This article discusses the findings of APINʼs four-year project.
ISSN:0002-936X
1538-7488
DOI:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000530244.15217.aa