652). Experienced professionals believe that nursing shortages could surpass 500,000 by the year 2025 (Zinn, Guglielimi, Davis & Moses, p. 652). This exemplifies a shortage of nurses across the board at a 36% rate in a culture, which the need for medical caregivers is at an all-time high (Zinn, Guglielimi, Davis & Moses, p. 652). Along with the lack of clinical nursing shortage, there also is a gap of experienced nursing faculty accessible to instruct in schools of nursing (Nardi & Gyurko, p. 317). In excess of 75,000 qualified candidates to nursing programs in the United States alone are dismissed every year as a result of an absence of nursing staff, clinical destinations, and lack of educational funds (Nardi & Gyurko, p. 317). Experts in nursing have suggested the bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) as the fundamental level of instruction for nurses in excess of 40 years, there have been few reasons, other than individual yearning, to require an associate of science in nursing (ASN)—degreed nurses to seek after advanced education— hence the decline in qualified nursing faculty (Nardi & Gyurko, p.