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What is significant about Articulated Programs? {Ans: - Purpose of these is to facilitate opportunities for nurses to move up the educational ladder - Students spend their first year becoming an LPN/LVN and the second year becoming an ADN -there is the option to leave the program after the first year and become a licensed LVN and return to become an AND later - Because the option to exit and re-enter exists, these programs are difficult to design and implement, and therefore slow to develop}What is significant about External Degree Programs? {Ans: - Students do not attend class, learning is independent and assessed through highly standardized and validated competency-based outcomes assessments - Arrangement of clinical experiences are the responsibility of the student - California State University Consortium offers a statewide external BSN program, but only to those who already hold a license to practice in the state}Kelly's Criteria and the hallmark of nursing practice {Ans: Lucie Kelly, RN, PhD, FAAN compiled 8 characteristics of a profession 1. The services provided are vital to humanity and the welfare of society. Why do students want to become a nurse? "To help people" - Services versus caring Caring is the