A hospital-based nursing administrator is responsible for the diploma nursing program affiliated with that hospital.In deciding to keep the program open, the administrator develops changes that address a major historical concern with this type of program.In doing so, the administrator would most likely:
A) arrange for faculty from the local college to teach science courses.
B) limit the hours students are expected to work in the hospital.
C) lower the tuition rate and apply for increased federal student grants.
D) require nursing faculty to be doctorally prepared to remain on staff.

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Diploma students were traditionally expected to staff the hospital with which their program was affiliated, often to the detriment of their educational experiences.This exploitation was described in several important studies of nursing education.Traditional diploma programs do not offer college credit, no matter who teaches the courses.Diploma programs were expensive to operate and expensive to students, and this had a part in their decreasing numbers.Federal funding (through a variety of means)is available for individual students, and although it is administered by institutions, it is not granted to the institution itself.Requiring doctorally prepared faculty would not address an historic concern with diploma education.

A Hospital-Based Nursing Administrator Is Responsible for the Diploma Nursing