| A | B |
|---|
| Fear of job security and lack of professional autonomy | Reasons why students are reluctant to enter the nursing profession |
| Surging elderly population and colleges turning out fewer nurses | Main reasons for the national nursing shortage |
| Diploma | Type of nursing program that is losing favor and being slowly phased out |
| Associate | Predominant type of nursing program in the United States |
| Why ADN programs are so popular | A cost effective and quicker way for the health care industry to get more nurses |
| North Dakota | The only state that mandates a BSN for practicing as a registered nurse |
| Differentiated practice | Stratifying nursing competencies and responsibilities according to educational preparation |
| The AMA reversed its support for this initiative in 1991 | Registered Care Technician (RCT) |
| Role frustrations and disillusionments | Some reasons why many younger and less tolerant nurses leaving nursing |
| California | Opposed differentiated practice initiatives because they were viewed as a ploy for increased wages |
