Educating and Transitioning a Diverse Nursing Workforce: LPN to BSN

Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) represent ethnic diversity, gender diversity, and generational diversity within a marginalized workforce. Their advancement to the baccalaureate nursing degree (BSN) may enhance delivery of culturally relevant patient care and reduce disparity in health care. Based on Knowles Andragogy in Practice model, we created a self-paced, individualized educational pathway with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion to address their needs. Dotting the I's (idea, implementation, innovation, inclusion, improvement) illustrates track/curriculum development, whereas crossing the T's (time, travel, tuition, transition, technology, touchstones) alleviates student burdens. The elements are interwoven into the LPN-to-BSN transition journey model, as aligned with core and subcore concepts of transitioning. [.