The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and Academic Progression in Nursing (APIN) program co-host a webinar to discuss state-by-state progress on rates at which registered nurses are gaining bachelor’s degrees. Presenter Joanne Spetz, PhD, FAAN, director of the University of California, San Francisco Health Workforce Research Center, will also review a forecasting tool states can use to customize graduation data to measure movement toward the Institute of Medicine recommendation that 80 percent of nurses have a baccalaureate degree by 2020.

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View the map of current state by state progress

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