According to the CAC website, proposed incentives include higher wages for higher degrees, scholarships, grants, tax breaks and loan forgiveness. Suggestions for schools include different start times, pairing hospitals with BSN programs, increasing convenience, more relevant studies, increasing pay for teachers, reducing the number of classes for experienced nurses and removing statistics from the curriculum. The hospital's suggestions include flexible hours for enrolled students, increasing recognition, increasing the number of mentors, increasing advancement opportunities, and eliminating ADNs from patient beds by 2020. Another initiative, also aimed at higher education, is to develop a working group with standardized curriculum. The coalition's suggestions include standardized simulation, a continuous thread on mental health, reducing obstetrics, labor and delivery, and pediatrics, standardizing RN to BSN curricula, and developing relevant programs
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