Auerbach David I, Buerhaus Peter I, Staiger Douglas O
Nurs Econ. 2015 Jan-Feb;33(1):8-12, 35; quiz 13.
Roughly 40% of the nearly 3 million registered nurses (RNs) in the United States have an associate's degree (ADN) as their highest level of nursing education. Yet even before the recent Institute of Medicine report on The Future of Nursing, employers of RNs have increasingly preferred baccalaureate-prepared RNs (BSNs), at least anecdotally. Data from the American Community Survey (2003-2013) were analyzed with respect to employment setting, earnings, and employment outcomes of ADN and BSN-prepared RNs. The data reveal a divergence in employment setting: the percentage of ADN-prepared RNs employed in hospitals dropped from 65% to 60% while the percentage of BSN-prepared RNs employed in hospitals grew from 67% to 72% over this period. Many ADNs who would have otherwise been employed in hospitals seem to have shifted to long-term care settings.
在美国近300万注册护士（RN）中，约40%的人最高护理教育水平为护理学副学士学位（ADN）。然而，甚至在医学研究所最近发布关于《护理的未来》的报告之前，至少从传闻来看，注册护士的雇主就越来越青睐拥有护理学学士学位（BSN）的护士。对美国社区调查（2003 - 2013年）的数据进行了分析，涉及拥有ADN和BSN的注册护士的就业环境、收入及就业成果。数据显示就业环境存在差异：在此期间，拥有ADN的注册护士在医院工作的比例从65%降至60%，而拥有BSN的注册护士在医院工作的比例则从67%增至72%。许多原本会在医院工作的ADN护士似乎已转向长期护理机构。
