Question

Do you think it is important to have a standardized entry into practice for nursing? Why or why not? What should the entry level be and why? What do you perceive as the barriers and what do you think should/could be done to accomplish this goal?

Answer 1

The American Nurses' Association (ANA) has proposed that the baccalaureate degree should be the entry-level degree for future professional nurses as this will change the change the education of nurses from an apprenticeship to a science-based practice. The perceived the barriers to this include; two-year nursing degree programs that have stalled the requirement for a baccalaureate degree. Nurses’ lack of the ability to see themselves as more than just caregivers act as a continuing stumbling block. Opening new colleges that offer a baccalaureate degree in nursing and bringing about a change in the mindset of the nurses by having their orientation classes and through the use of the media is another way of changing the system.