Gersbach, Kendal2021-12-142021-12-142021-12Gersbach, K. (2021). A quality improvement initiative to explore barriers facing associate degreed nurses obtaining a bachelor’s degree [Poster]. Poster presented to the St. David's School of Nursing, Texas State University.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/15052In 2010, the Institute of Medicine recommended that 80% of nurses in the workforce be BSN-prepared by the year 2020 (IOM, 2010). As shown by multiple surveys, the United States did not meet this recommendation by the year 2020. In 2018, a survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services using The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis team reported that only 63.9% of the RNs surveyed held a BSN degree (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2019). The question remains to what is preventing more ADN-prepared nurses from advancing their degree to BSN and beyond. This project aims to identify barriers ADN nurses perceive when enrolling in or completing a bachelor’s degree.Image1 page1 file (.pdf)enassociate degree nursebarriersADNBSNdegreeadvancingquality improvementNursingPoster