IMPACT OF ARKANSAS ACT 88 ON STATEWIDE NURSING EDUCATION (ADVANCED PLACEMENT, UPWARD MOBILITY, ARTICULATION, LEGISLATED, TRANSFER CREDITS).
Contributors: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville campus)
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 396
Subjects: Education, Higher.
Description: Pre- and Post-Act 88 data related to nursing educational upward mobility and articulation were studied. Parameters analyzed included attitudes of Arkansas nurses in regard to Act 88, along with data for pre- and post-Act 88 enrollments of licensed nursing students, credits transferred/challenged, and licensure examination performances.

Results indicated that although both nursing students who were licensed and practicing nurses who were not students approved legislated articulation, nursing faculty did not approve of the concept. Nursing faculty, however, felt that Act 88 had increased accessibility to nursing education in Arkansas. Furthermore, nursing faculty generally expressed opinions indicating support for the practice of granting advanced educational placement. Enrollments of licensed nurses increased in Arkansas RN schools during the post-Act 88 period measured, but there was no similar increase in the number of credits that were transferred or challenged. When compared to Arkansas, a greater percent of licensed nurses enrolled in baccalaureate nursing programs in all SREB states except Louisiana during both the pre- and post-Act 88 periods. Licensure examination performances were comparable for both licensed and unlicensed nursing graduates of Arkansas RN schools.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-10, Section: A, page: 2944.

Thesis (ED.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, 1985.

School code: 0011.