Abstract
Background: The National Education Progression in Nursing's current goal is for one million incumbent nurses and 90% of new ADN nurses to achieve a BSN or higher by 2025 in the United States. To meet this goal, programs nationwide are exploring options to increase BSN graduates. One method is the concurrent enrollment ADN-BSN pathway. This review examines how nurse educators develop and implement concurrent enrollment ADN-BSN programs in the US and calls to expand access to this important approach to academic progression in nursing. Method: A PRISMA search strategy was used to identify articles that detailed the development and implementation of dual-admission nursing programs. Ten relevant works were analyzed in this review. Results: Dual enrollment programs vary in program type and implementation methods nationwide and offer an innovative, cost-effective, and time-efficient approach to obtaining the BSN. Conclusion: While employing dual or concurrent enrollment partnerships between community colleges and universities is a complex endeavor, these programs are a powerful and cost-effective way to increase the number of BSN nurses in the workforce and should be considered for expansion as we promote academic progression for all nurses.
Description
Copyright 2024 J. Michelle Nelson. Tis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License,which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher
Wiley
Date of publication
1-4-2024
Language
english
Persistent identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4976
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Nelson, J. Michelle, "Concurrent Enrollment ADN-BSN Programs: A Call to Expand Access to This Innovative Approach to the BSN" (2024). Nursing Faculty Publications and Presentations. Paper 63.
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/4976