title: Positioning a 5-State Nursing Workforce to Flourish by Advancing Baccalaureate Nursing Education.
abstract: This article summarizes experience and outcomes for a large, faith-based health system on a journey to ensure that its nearly 29 000-person nurse workforce has the foundational academic preparation to deliver superior, compassionate, and future-focused nursing care. The health system's bachelor of science in nursing completion strategy is summarized, including (a) programmatic structure, (b) curriculum themes, (c) participant experience, and (d) outcomes. Executive leadership's commitment and engagement are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Office of the Chief Nurse Officer, Providence Health & Services, Renton, Washington (Drs Burton, Hays, and Savage); and School of Nursing, Washington State University Vancouver (Dr Hoeksel).
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hays
authors.forename: Lynette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.forename: Renee
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoeksel
mesh_terms: D000413:Alaska; D002140:California; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009009:Montana; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009922:Oregon; D016730:Program Development; D014861:Washington