Should Bachelor degrees be mandated for nurses?

 

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1. Nursing shortage
2. Increasing rates of retirement
3. Small graduating classes
4. Timely programs
5. Over-worked employees
6. Impacts patient care

1. Bachelor programs
2. Faculty shortage
3. Timely
4. Accommodating schedules
5. Success rates
6. Insufficient knowledge
7. Unaffordable

III. Qualifications

1. Training in the field
2. Promotions

1. Working conditions
2. Over-worked
3. High Nurse to Patient ratio
4. Poor patient outcomes

1. Pay
2. Dependent on field
3. Experience
4. Individuality

1. Job Security
2. Competitive
3. Shortage
4. Poor patient outcomes
5. Termination

iii.            Burn-out