The American Nurses Association (ANA) published their position on Education for Nursing in 1965. This paper defined professional nursing and technical nursing as the two levels of nursing. The minimal educational preparation for professional nursing should be the bachelors degree in nursing. An associate degree in nursing should be the minimal requirement for the practice of technical nursing. The position paper advocated phasing out diploma education for registered nurses. It acknowledged practical nursing as a growing occupational trend and proposed replacing programs for practical nursing with programs for technical nursing., Copyrights are retained by the author. Please contact Sheila Warner for further use of this material.
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Nursing Studying and teaching Practical nursing Nursing Law and legislation
