Reducing Barriers for RN-BSN Education: The Assessment Competency Evaluation

Laura Goliat¹, Kathleen A Gravens, Pamela L Bonnett+11

• ¹About the Authors Laura Goliat, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, is an associate professor, Breen School of Nursing, Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio. Kathleen A. Gravens, PhD, RN, is professor emeritus, Department of Nursing, Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, Ohio. Pamela L. Bonnett, DNP, RN, CNE, is director, RN-BSN Program, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio. Patricia L. Schrull, DNP, MBA, MEd, RN, CNE, is nursing program administrator, Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio. Connie Bowler, DNP, RN, is nursing program director, Lakeland Community College. Regina Prosser, DNP, RN-BC, CNE, LNHA, is coordinator, RN-BSN Program, Breen School of Nursing, Ursuline College. Deborah A. Vitantonio, DNP, RN, is a professor of nursing, Lakeland Community College. Wendy Batch-Wilson, DNP, RN, is dean, Nursing Center of Excellence, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio. Christine Szweda, MSM, RN, CCRN, is senior director of operations, and Joan M. Kavanagh, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, is associate chief nursing officer for the Office of Nursing Education and Professional Development, Cleveland Clinic Health System, Cleveland, Ohio. Kathleen A. Mau, DNP, APRN, NEA-BC, ACCNS-AG, ACNS-BC, CEN, is senior director of nursing education, Cleveland Clinic Health System. Patricia A. Sharpnack, DNP, RN, CNE, NEA-BC, ANEF, FAAN, is dean and Strawbridge Professor, and Kimberly Dillon-Bleich, PhD, RN, is associate dean of undergraduate programs, Breen School of Nursing, Ursuline College. Carol Drennen, MSN, MS, RN, is consultant, Ohio Action Coalition, Rocky River, Ohio. For more information, contact Dr. Laura Goliat at lgoliat@ursuline.edu.