HEALTH CARE
Lifelong Learners Pursue Advanced
Nursing Education
T
oday’s health care environment has brought about a Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice, which
growing need for well-educated nurses at all levels, and recommends that at least two-thirds of nurses hold a BSN or
as lifelong learners, many nurses are choosing to further higher by 2010.
their nursing education to fulfill that need. Nursing schools have recognized both the need to
“I know that health care and patient care will continue to increase the percentage of BSN-prepared nurses in the work-
grow more complex, and I want to be sure I am prepared to force and the need for low-cost, convenient programs to help
handle the demands,” said Shumaila Sakrani, RN and nurs- working nurses pursue a BSN degree.
ing student in the online RN to BSN program at Florida “We are committed to offering educational options along
International University (FIU) in Miami. “I decided to fur- the continuum of nurses’ careers and knew that nurses need-
ther my nursing education, and as a busy, working RN, I ed a program that offered access to a BSN education while
knew that an online RN to BSN program would be the only allowing them to balance the demands of school, work and
way to keep up with my family and current work commit- family,” said Elizabeth Poster, PhD, RN, FAAN and dean of
ments,” said Sakrani. the University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing. “We
Like Sakrani, more associate degree-level nurses (ADNs) are pleased to offer innovative options to nurses by changing
are entering bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) programs the delivery of our educational programs to become more
to transition into another nursing specialty, become a nurse accessible and affordable.”
manager, increase earning power or simply broaden their To help nurses balance demands, many schools like UT
working knowledge. Arlington have improved their online RN to BSN programs.
This trend is in line with the guidelines from the National UT Arlington’s RN to BSN Program offers all required BSN
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