title: Answering the Call for a Bachelors-Prepared Nursing Workforce: An Innovative Model for Academic Progression.
abstract: Forces that have produced national reform of a fragmented, inefficient, and expensive health care services sector have also set the stage for reform of a fragmented, inefficient, and expensive system for nursing education. Changes in health care, health policy, education policy, and funding for public higher education have led to the development of new nursing education models designed to increase the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses entering the workforce. This article describes the development and implementation of one such model that features a common concept-based curriculum and university-community college partnerships at its core. This plan increases access for nursing students across the state to earn a prelicensure bachelor of science in nursing degree and preserves the integrity and accessibility of associate degree nursing education.
authors.affiliation: Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980567, Richmond, VA 23298-5174.. Electronic address: jgiddens@vcu.edu.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Giddens
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, School of Nursing, New Mexico State University, PO Box 30001, MSC 3185, Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001.. Electronic address: tkeller@nmsu.edu.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor and Chair, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico, MSC09 5350.; Associate Professor and Chair, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131.. Electronic address: jliesveld@salud.unm.edu.
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liesveld
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009726:Nurses / Q000600:supply & distribution; D013338:Students, Nursing; D017132:Workplace
keywords: Academic progression; Baccalaureate nursing; Concept-based curriculum; Nursing education