Millett Catherine M
* Senior Research Scientist, Policy Evaluation & Research Center, Educational Testing Service (ETS), NJ.
J Prof Nurs. 2016 Sep-Oct;32(5S):S14-S23. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2016.02.009. Epub 2016 Mar 2.
The landmark report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health set a goal for the nursing community to increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree from 50 to 80% by 2020 (Institute of Medicine, 2010). Nursing has witnessed a dramatic growth in the number of enrollments in accelerated baccalaureate of science in nursing programs for nonnursing graduates (Fang, Bednash, & DeWitty, 2012). Financing these degrees can be challenging. Many second-degree students no longer qualify for the federal grant programs and may have exhausted their federal undergraduate loan limits. The population for the current study is made up of accelerated baccalaureate of science in nursing students who received scholarships through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) Scholarship Program and the schools of nursing they have attended. This is a descriptive study. An analysis of RWJF NCIN scholars' survey responses reveals that while 90% of RWJF NCIN scholars incurred debt to finance their programs, the scholarship makes a difference in helping them to earn their degrees. A review of RWJF NCIN schools of nursing grantee reports establishes that, for many schools of nursing, the recognition and support of an external funding organization helps them to leverage additional funding opportunities.
具有里程碑意义的报告《护理的未来：引领变革，促进健康》为护理界设定了一个目标，即到2020年将拥有学士学位的护士比例从50%提高到80%（医学研究所，2010年）。护理专业见证了非护理专业毕业生参加护理科学学士学位加速课程的入学人数急剧增长（方、贝德纳什和德维蒂，2012年）。为这些学位提供资金可能具有挑战性。许多攻读第二学位的学生不再符合联邦助学金计划的资格，并且可能已经用完了他们的联邦本科贷款限额。本研究的对象是通过罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊基金会（RWJF）的护理新职业（NCIN）奖学金计划获得奖学金的护理科学学士学位加速课程的学生以及他们就读的护理学院。这是一项描述性研究。对RWJF NCIN学者的调查回复进行的分析表明，虽然90%的RWJF NCIN学者为其课程融资而背负债务，但该奖学金在帮助他们获得学位方面发挥了作用。对RWJF NCIN护理学院受资助者报告的审查表明，对于许多护理学院来说，外部资助组织的认可和支持有助于它们利用更多的资助机会。
