Which of the following accurately states a major position of the ANA Position Paper on Educational Preparation?
A) The education of those who are licensed to practice nursing should take place in hospitals.
B) Minimum preparation for beginning professional nursing practice at the present time should
be an associate degree in nursing.
C) Minimum preparation for beginning technical nursing practice at the present time should be
a baccalaureate degree in nursing.
D) Education for assistants in health service occupations should be short, intensive preservice
programs in vocational educational institutions.
Ans: D
One of the four major positions of the ANA Position Paper on Educational
Preparation is that education for assistants in the health service occupations should be short,
intensive preservice programs in vocational education institutions, rather than on-the-job
training programs. It also states that the education of all those who are licensed to practice
nursing should take place in institutions of higher education, not in hospitals. The paper
specifies an associate degree as the minimum for technical nursing and a baccalaureate degree
for professional nursing.
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