The California State University system and a group of private nursing schools deserve credit for giving us the BSN-educated nurses we do have. While the Scott Report recognizes that inadequate faculty salaries pose a serious threat to increasing the education of nurses, this issue was not addressed in the recommendations. All nursing programs need to be appropriately funded to optimize faculty recruitment and retention, ensuring that salaries are competitive within the nursing marketplace. Expanding programs is futile without qualified nursing faculty. AD and BSN programs should ensure that their curricula are fully articulated.
Nurses still experience unreasonable obstacles to advancing their education.
AD and BSN faculty, as well as nursing leaders in practice settings, should encourage students and practicing nurses to continue their education. Let s all work to increase the transition of associate degree nurses to BSN preparation. Finally, the Scott Report fails to articulate the important role employers should play in facilitating the education of nurses. Employers should assist schools in meeting the student-faculty ratios for clinical rotations. Most hospitals have master s-prepared nurses who would enjoy some clinical teaching and oversight of students.