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Consider what was happening in nursing in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s with the change from diploma programs to an associate degree program. Martha Rogers believed that nursing is a separate and essential discipline and a unique field of study. She worked hard to establish nursing in higher education. Explain the importance of this shift and how it impacted nursing as a profession.

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Nursing in the late 1970s and early 1980s was characterised by the change in educational
qualifications whereby there was a shift from diploma programs to an associate degree program.
Martha Rogers was the pioneer of the idea, and the first associate degree program adopted it in
nursing as a way to improve nursing education. The changes to the profession were quite
significant and essential in revolutionising the nursing sector.
Importance of the Shift
This shift was significant not only in nursing but in t...

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