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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nurs Outlook. 2021 Nov 8;70(2):300–308. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2021.09.009

Table 1 –

Hospital Level Nurse Education Composition by Total BSN and Transitional BSN Pathway (N = 510)

Hospital Mean and Range Hospital Distribution, N (percent)


Mean (SD) Range <30% ≥50% ≥80%

Total BSNs as % of all RNs 56% (15%) 8—95% 18 (4%) 353 (69%) 25 (5%)
Transitional pathway BSNs as % of all BSNs 44% (18%) 0—100% 107 (21%) 192 (38%) 18 (4%)

Note. Hospital distribution categories ≥50% and ≥ 80% are not mutually exclusive such that ≥50% will encompass hospitals with a BSN percentage ≥ 80%.