The IOM report 'The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health' recommends increasing the number of BSN-prepared nurses to 80% by 2020 (Recommendation 4) and doubling the number of doctorally prepared nurses by 2020 (Recommendation 5). It also calls for removing scope-of-practice barriers so nurses can practice at the highest level of their education and training.

To support these goals, the report encourages revised nursing education goals, including eventual achievement of a doctorate in nursing practice or a PhD in nursing as the terminal degree for the profession. The educational recommendations are part of a broader campaign to make nursing more influential, visibly active, and outcome-oriented, and to position nurses strategically in the public arena.

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Recommendation 4: increase the number of BSN-prepared nurses to 80% by 2020.
Recommendation 5: double the number of doctorally prepared nurses by 2020.
The report is the Institute of Medicine's 'The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health' from 2010.
Nursing education goals in the report include an eventual doctorate (DNP or PhD in nursing) as the terminal degree.
The report also emphasizes removing practice barriers so nurses practice at the highest level of their education and training.

According to the IOM report 'The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health', what are the specific recommendations for increasing the number of BSN-prepared and doctorally prepared nurses by 2020?

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