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Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 129-134 (July 2010)


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Associate degree nursing: entry into practice—link to the future

Sharon S. Starr, PhD, RNCorresponding Author Informationemail addressemail address

Abstract 

Associate degree nursing is in a unique position to address two challenges currently facing the nursing profession—the shortage of registered nurses and the lack of adequate numbers of baccalaureate degree-prepared nurses. Associate degree nursing programs increase the numbers of adequately prepared nursing graduates through enrollment increases and retention measures while encouraging and assisting associate degree-prepared nurses to obtain their baccalaureate degrees in nursing. Improved patient outcomes can be attained through each of these initiatives.

David Belk Cannon Health Education Institute, Gaston College, Dallas, NC 28034, USA

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PII: S1557-3087(09)00037-7

doi:10.1016/j.teln.2009.03.002


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