Baccalaureate Education in Nursing and Patient Outcomes

Abstract

The recommendation of the Future of Nursing report to increase RN education levels is supported by these findings.

Nurse Education and Patient Mortality: Sorting Fact From Fury

“…These findings are consistent with Aiken's initial report over a decade ago on the relationship between nurse education and patient mortality, 6 a number of smaller studies conducted in Europe, [7][8][9][10][11] as well as with a substantial body of international reports, [12][13][14][15] including more recent studies [16][17][18][19] that continue to affirm the beneficial relationship between higher percentages of nursing staff with bachelor's degrees and lower patient mortality.…”

Perceived Stress Type, Physical Symptoms and Happiness of Nurses: Based on RN-BSN Learner of Distance Education University

“…국외에서는 간호사의 교육수준을 학사학위 수준으로 높 여야 한다는 (Blegen et al, 2013 (Choi J et al, 2009;Kim YI, 2010;Blegen et al, 2013). 그러나 이러한 긍정적인 측면과 더불어 학사학위과정에 있는 간호사들의 스트레스가 가중되며 (Choi J et al, 2009;Kim YI, 2010;Nam MH et al, 2013) (Seligman et al, 2006).…”

Holistic Academic Progression for Nurses: An Interprofessional Model

“…Research has demonstrated a strong connection between higher levels of nursing education and higher quality patient care outcomes, fewer medication errors and lower rates of patient mortality [5,6]. Nurses with more education have demonstrated higher levels of productivity, stronger critical thinking, better clinical judgement and are more likely to take on greater professional responsibilities and complexity of practice because of their education [5].…”