NURSE DEGREE PLAN AIRED; SESSION LOOKS AT PROPOSAL REQUIRING NURSES GET A B.A. WITHIN 10 YEARS OF LICENSING.(Local) The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) (6/30/2004)
...writer Several nurses said Tuesday...require that new nurses get their bachelor's degrees to maintain state...wound and ostomy nurse at Crouse Hospital...of two-year associate's and four-year bachelor's degree programs take...and the same registered nurse licensing ...

Program to offer nurses bachelor's degrees. Desert Dispatch (Barstow, CA) (6/22/2006)
...BARSTOW -- Registered nurses in the High...bachelor's degrees. California...18-month degree-completion program for registered nurse. It will...University, said registered nurses with an associate's degree...finish their degree, which ...

Nurse knows value of degree Norridge News (IL) (4/25/2002)
...wanted to be a nurse. "It was very...licensed practical nurse, she came back...College and earned an associate degree in nursing, making her a registered nurse, in 1994. "Triton...and a master's degree in nursing from...be a demand for nurses. I just hope people...I ...

POLLY ANNE BURGESS WAS REGISTERED NURSE; AT 40 The Boston Globe (6/26/2000)
...Anne (Plaster) Burgess, a nurse, who died Friday at Brigham...College in Lincoln and received an associate's degree in surgical technology. She received her registered nurse degree from Quincy College School of...

COMPETITION FOR NURSES GROWS HEATED The Boston Globe (5/27/2001)
...supply, the new nurses lack experience...Massachusetts Nurses Association...operating room nurse. She will begin...bachelor's degrees are hired at...licensed practical nurses, or registered nurses with associate's degrees...

Shortage looms as nurses retire, baby boomers' needs increase. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) (2/1/2005)
...jobs a year for registered nurses are expected...Incentives to encourage nurses to pursue teaching...Stritch University registered nurse associate degree program, Cieslak...faculty by allowing nurses with master's and doctorate degrees to take time from...

Hospital Incentives Help Ease Nurse Shortage; 'Extern' Program, Scholarships Among Offerings The Washington Post (6/12/2003)
...with being a nurse, and I'm helping...mentoring for new nurses and clinical...the demand for registered nurses at the...the student nurses learn skills...students from its registered nurse associate degree program, up...

LILLIAN MESSINA, 59, NURSE MANAGER The Boston Globe (1/16/2005)
...Messina, 59, of Salem, a nurse, died Jan. 7 at her home after...Tewksbury and later received her associate's degree as a registered nurse from Middlesex Community College...three years ago. She was a nurse and floor nurse manager for...

EXCELSIOR COLLEGE HELPS MEET DEMAND FOR NURSES.(MAIN) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (10/26/2004)
...workers, especially registered nurses. In New York state...aware that we offer associate's degrees, which are the entry...for licensure as a registered nurse. Last year 1,358 associate's degree nurses graduated from Excelsior...