Recommendations for nursing education to relieve the nursing shortage in North Carolina

Then and Now

“…Articles on associate degree nursing, research in the curriculum, and the nursing shortage also figure prominently in early issues. A prescient 1965 article outlining recommendations for nursing education in North Carolina resonates with current issues in the field: 1) develop a new pattern of organization and financing of nursing education; 2) ensure the recruitment of well-qualified students; 3) institute systematic, statewide planning for nursing education; and 4) revise nurse practice acts to permit greater flexibility in patterns of nursing education (Brown & Boozer, 1965).…”