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Liana Orsolini-Hain1, Verle Waters
1City College of San Francisco, 49 Hancock Street, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA. Liana.hain@gmail.com
Abstract:
Exploring the inception and growth of associate degree nursing education informs our understanding of what led to such explosive growth so that most of the nursing workforce is currently educated at the associate degree level. The success of associate degree nursing programs led to many divisive years in nursing education of differentiation of practice debates that were hardly productive. Work world practices and patient needs are creating pressures on community colleges to join forces with universities to increase the percentage of baccalaureate-educated nurses. Associate degree nursing education continues to evolve to meet the demands of a higher educated nursing workforce.
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