Nurse researcher Linda H. Aiken, RN, PhD, FAAN, FRCN, published this study with research that shows each 10% increase in the proportion of nurses in a hospital with a bachelor’s degree is associated with a 7% decline in mortality following common surgery.
However, 60% of the nursing workforce is community college graduates.
So where does that leave nurses and further education?
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