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Why consider an RN/BSN program?
There are many personal and professional reasons for pursuing a BSN. Here are just a few:
- Mortality rates and medication errors are reduced in hospitals with higher numbers of BSN and graduate-prepared nurses.
- The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, a group that advises congress and the Secretary for Health and Human Services about nursing, recommends that at least 66 percent of nurses have a BSN or higher by the year 2010.
- Many career advancement opportunities require a BSN such as a nurse anesthetist, nurse manager, nurse educator and community nurse.
- You will be prepared for an advanced degree program to pursue careers such as nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, nurse midwife and nursing educator.
- A BSN will provide you with the knowledge of health promotion, health maintenance and restoration, healthcare policy and population based nursing.
- You will gain increased knowledge in evaluating and delivering evidence-based care.
From 2000 to 2004, the number of nurses pursuing baccalaureate degrees increased by 12.9% while those pursuing graduate degrees increased by 37.0%.
Source: The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), June 2008,Creating a More Highly Qualified Nursing Workforce factsheet.
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