Understanding the Barriers to BSN Education Among ADN Students: A Qualitative Study

Author ORCID Identifier

Nancy Petges:https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-499X

Publication Title

Teaching and Learning in Nursing

ISSN

15573087

E-ISSN

43831

Document Type

Article

Abstract

There are very few studies exploring the challenges that Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) students face in nursing education. Focus group interviews of ADN students revealed the themes, regarding their perceived barriers to baccalaureate nursing education, the barriers’ connectedness to their nontraditional attributes, their opinions about lowering the barriers, and their thoughts about the different proposals for advancing nurses’ education. Understanding these variables could help in the efforts to advance their education.

First Page

45

Last Page

52

Publication Date

1-1-2020

DOI

10.1016/j.teln.2019.08.007

Keywords

Associate degree nursing students, Barriers to baccalaureate nursing education, Barriers to RN-BSN, BSN-only, Dual enrollment program, Likelihood to enroll in nursing, Nontraditional students

Department

School of Nursing

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