The Pros And Cons Of Continuing Nursing Education

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Nursing Education

Wanda Harkless-Johnson

Aspen University

Professor Louden

December 24, 2017

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Continuing Nursing Education

There are many reasons why registered nurses do not seek to further their educations. One

reason is financial. Even when employers have tuition reimbursement opportunities, the RN

initially has to pay out of pocket. This may be difficult for some nurses depending on their

family dynamics. While many nurses make a professional salary, others do not. Therefore, on the

aspect of finances being a factor, the nurse that chooses

If a nurse stated, “I only want to live and work in a state that does not require continue

education credits and I never want to advance my degree”, initially, I would listen to them to

gain insight about their feelings toward advancing their education. Personally, I feel that anyone

who makes that statement is displaying the opinion of a person who lacks understanding and

needs to be educated on the rewards of furthering their education. I would ask them if they ever

looked into programs for furthering their education and offer various websites that have

information that shows the pros and cons of advancing their nursing degree. This approach is

geared toward avoiding an argument and having the nurse who is against furthering her degree

perform research.

Future of Nursing

According to Blais & Hayes (2016), the future of nursing has been studied by the Institute of

Medicine (IOM) in 2010, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in 2010, and the

Institute for Alternative Futures (IAF) participants in 2012. The focus of these studies were

health promotion rather than medical care which meant that an increased number of

This also suggests that nursing education and practice need to adapt to these

opportunities to make the required changes which means that the advance practice nurse prep is

having a doctorate degree (Blais & Hayes, 2016).

The predictions for nursing health care are yielded to the year 2032. The future is grim for

communities that have poor health and are not geared toward education on an individual level. In

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my opinion, these predictions mean that poor communities will have the worst outcomes and that

the nursing community will need to increase educational opportunities that will permit the

associate degree nurse to pursue a BSN.

The restructuring of health care is indeed a team effort. As we have learned and been

reminded, in order to meet the demands of the future, nurses have a specific role to facilitate

future changes effectively. The first step we need to take is to further our knowledge. The initial

educational stage of this learning process is with continuing educational units (CEUs). These will

provide evidence-based practices of a particular specialty and are designed to give the