Both the variety of baccalaureate packages and program enrollment have increased considerably since , and the variety of RNs who went on to obtain BSNs in RN-to-BSN applications elevated 236 percent between 2009 and 2019 (Campaign for Action, n.d.). However, the aim of 80 percent of nurses holding a BSN was still not achieved by 2020, for numerous reasons. Although the proportion of recent graduates with a BSN is larger than the proportion of present nurses with a BSN, the percentage of new graduates becoming a member of the nursing workforce every year is small. Given this ratio, it would…
