Motivators and barriers to returning to school: RN to BSN

Celeste R Romp¹, Ermalynn M Kiehl, Anette Bickett+4

• ¹Celeste R. Romp, MSN, RN-BC, APRN, CCNS, is Critical Care Educator and Clinical Nurse Specialist, KentuckyOne Health, Louisville. Ermalynn M. Kiehl, PhD, ARNP, CNS, is the Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, University of West Florida, Pensacola, and formerly Associate Dean and Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Kentucky. Anette Bickett, ADN, RN, CEN, CPEN, is Emergency Room Staff Nurse, Kentucky One Health, Louisville. Sarah F. Bledsoe, ADN, RN, CCRN, is ICU Charge Nurse and Staff Nurse, KentuckyOne Health, Louisville. Debbie S. Brown, BSN, RN-BC, is Preadmission Testing Staff Nurse, KentuckyOne Health, Louisville. Stephanie B. Eitel, BSN, RN, CAPA, is Perianesthesia Staff Nurse, KentuckyOne Health, Louisville. Mary Patricia Wall, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey, and formerly Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Louisville, Kentucky.