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General Work Life
Date Posted: 2010-10-14Newly licensed registered nurses (NLRNs) care about: Doing their job well Being fairly rewarded for their work Receiving a good pay Unsafe, poorly managed and poorly equipped work environments hold NLRNs back: 25% reported at least one on-the-job needle-stick 39% reported at least one strain or sprain 21% reported a cut or laceration 46% reported […]
Source: Christine Kovner and Carol Brewer
Education Attainment
Date Posted: 2011-11-11Within two and a half years of being licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN): 14.5% (n=137) of RNs with Associate degrees were enrolled in an educational program 9.9% (n=64) of RNs with Baccalaureate degrees were enrolled in an educational program Within four and a half years of being licensed as an RN: Of RNs with […]
Source: These questions were answered by the sample of RNs who replied to all three waves of the survey (Wave 1, Wave 2, and Wave 3): (N=1648). Christine Kovner and Carol Brewer
Initial and Progression of Educational Preparation of Early Career Nurses
Date Posted: 2012-03-15In our national sample: 56.3% of RNs held an Associate degree in nursing (ADN) as their basic nursing degree compared to 39.5% with Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN). Within three years of initial licensure, 6.7% of BSN nurses earned a Masters or Doctoral degree. Within three years of initial licensure, 12.9% RNs with an ADN […]
