title: Looking Back to the Future: Current Issues Facing Nursing Education From the Reflections of a Member of the Silent Generation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  As a member of the Silent Generation, the author, through her lived experiences, reflects upon the successes and challenges facing nursing education in the mid-20th to 21st centuries.
  
  
  METHODS
  The author looks "back to the future" and reviews current issues that surround four key nursing education milestones.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From the early entry-level baccalaureate programs in the 1950s to the current growth of the Doctor of Nursing Practice as entry into advanced practice, milestones in nursing education are linked to the cultural changes and healthcare system demands that took place at the time and their influence on nursing education and the profession.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Looking to the future, the author speaks of the implications from the forecasted changes in the healthcare system that will demand interdisciplinary education and practice and the continued need for nursing research to increase the body of scientific knowledge in practice, education, and technology. Keating.
authors.affiliation: Samuel Merritt University, Oakland, CA.|San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA.|Orvis School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Reno, NV.
authors.forename: Sarah B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Keating
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Education; professional issue; workforce