New registered nurses would have to earn bachelor’s degrees within 10 years to keep working in New York under a bill lawmakers are considering as part of a national push to raise educational standards for nurses, even as the health care industry faces staffing shortages.
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“More and more hospitals are looking to hire BSNs, but the catch is that not that many schools offer the RN-to-BSN program or have the faculty to teach it,” said Sharon Shockness, an adjunct teacher at Mercy College in Westchester County.Current registered nurses would be exempt from the education requirement to prevent driving more nurses from the field.
N.Y. bill would require bachelor’s degrees for RNs | The Ithaca Journal | theithacajournal.com
And so would disappear another middle class career for the community college student.
(via sexartandpolitics)
