Veteran to BSN Pathway Sustainability

Affiliations

¹ Author Affiliations: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Lubbock, TX (Drs Sikes and Armstrong); University of South Carolina Aiken School of Nursing, Aiken, SC (Dr Chargualaf); Widener University, Chester, PA (Dr Patterson); Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA (Dr Elliott); and University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX (Dr Song).

Deborah L Sikes et al. Nurse Educ. 2025.

. 2025 Aug 13.

doi: 10.1097/NNE.0000000000001957. Online ahead of print.

¹ Author Affiliations: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Lubbock, TX (Drs Sikes and Armstrong); University of South Carolina Aiken School of Nursing, Aiken, SC (Dr Chargualaf); Widener University, Chester, PA (Dr Patterson); Messiah University, Mechanicsburg, PA (Dr Elliott); and University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX (Dr Song).

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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