Munro B H, Krauss J B
J Nurs Educ. 1985 May;24(5):192-6. doi: 10.3928/0148-4834-19850501-06.
Although there is a great need to increase the number of master's prepared nurses, admissions criteria often limit the pool of possible applicants to those with a bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN), and/or require that non-BSN applicants complete special requirements to compensate for their lack of a degree in nursing. One of the few schools that admits RNs without the BSN, and does not require make-up of undergraduate nursing courses, is Yale University School of Nursing (YSN). Yale also has a program for preparing college graduates at the master's level for entry into nursing practice. Those individuals spend the first of three years in prespecialty basic nursing and the last two in the regular master's program. To determine if there was any difference in success among the groups at YSN, the three groups of individuals admitted to the two-year master's program at Yale--Non-Nurse College Graduates, BSNs, and nurses with a non-nursing baccalaureate degree were compared on their theoretical and clinical grades at the end of the first and second years of the specialty programs. Data were gathered from 435 students who had attended Yale over a ten-year period. No significant differences were found among these groups on clinical or theoretical grades at either the end of the first or second year of the program. This study indicates that although careful selection of candidates for graduate study is essential, intelligent, motivated individuals are able to acquire skills through self-learning and professional experience that are usually provided in baccalaureate nursing programs.
尽管迫切需要增加具有硕士学位的护士数量，但招生标准往往将可能的申请者范围限制在拥有护理学学士学位（BSN）的人，和/或要求非 BSN 申请者完成特殊要求以弥补其护理学学位的缺失。耶鲁大学护理学院（YSN）是少数几所录取没有 BSN 的注册护士且不要求补习本科护理课程的学校之一。耶鲁大学还有一个项目，为本科毕业生提供硕士层次的教育，使其进入护理行业。这些人在为期三年的课程中，第一年进行专科前基础护理学习，后两年进入常规硕士项目学习。为了确定耶鲁大学护理学院不同群体之间在学业成绩上是否存在差异，对耶鲁大学两年制硕士项目录取的三组人员——非护士本科毕业生、拥有 BSN 的人员以及拥有非护理学学士学位的护士，在专科项目第一年和第二年结束时的理论和临床成绩进行了比较。数据收集自 435 名在十年间就读于耶鲁大学的学生。在项目第一年或第二年结束时，这些群体在临床或理论成绩上均未发现显著差异。这项研究表明，尽管精心挑选研究生候选人至关重要，但聪明且有动力的人能够通过自学和专业经验获得通常在本科护理项目中才能学到的技能。
