Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 129-134, July 2010

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

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

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.

Keywords: Associate degree nurses, Registered nurses, Baccalaureate degree nurses

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PII: S1557-3087(09)00037-7

doi:10.1016/j.teln.2009.03.002

Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 129-134, July 2010

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