A common core of knowledge is shared by all of nursing education. The individual nurse, as well as the public and the nursing profession, will be better served by educational programs that recognize this common core. This recognition will facilitate the educational mobility of students. Efficient and effective educational mobility of individuals is promoted by articulation arrangements among institutions. Educational mobility should be limited only by the nurse's ability and personal choice.
Reality mandates the necessity for educational mobility within the discipline of nursing.
The public and the nursing profession are best served by a state wide articulation model characterized by admission of students with advanced standing. Nurse educators are best qualified to design and implement nursing articulation models. Each nursing educational program is unique within itself and its community. Learning outcomes of educational programs verify achievement of the graduate regardless of entry characteristics of the student. The discipline of nursing is ever changing, therefore an articulation model must be periodically evaluate.