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Essay / The Role of the Future of Nursing - 1264
According to the ACC website, proposed incentives include higher salaries for advanced degrees, scholarships, grants, tax breaks and rebate loan. Suggestions for schools include different start times, pairing hospitals with BSN programs, improving convenience, more relevant studies, increasing teacher salaries, reducing the number of classes for nurses experienced and deleting program statistics. Suggestions from hospitals include flexible schedules for enrolled students, increased recognition, an increase in the number of mentors, increased opportunities for advancement and the elimination of ADNs at the bedside by 2020. Another initiative, also intended for higher education, consists of developing a working group on standardized study programs. The coalition's suggestions include standardized simulation, a continuous thread on mental health, a reduction in obstetrics, labor and delivery, and pediatrics, standardization of registered nurse curricula to BSN and the development of relevant curricula.