BACCALAUREATE DEGREE VERSES ASSOCIATES DEGREE NURSING

Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V
May 8, 2014

Disscuss the differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate degree level versus the baccalaureate degree level in nursing. Identified a patient care situation in which you describe how nursing care or approaches to decision making may differ based upon the education preparation of nurses (BSN, DIPLOMA OR ADN) Nursing has been around for a very long time. A woman breast feeding a baby was a nurse, a woman caring for a sick child or family member was a nurse. ”every woman or at least almost every woman has at one time or another of her life, charge of personal health of somebody, whether a child or invalid in other words every woman is a nurse” (Nightingale 1859, p.8). The American Association Of Colleges of nursing is the national voices for baccalaureate and graduate nursing education, established quality standard for nursing education, nursing could not developing in a profession until it could generate scientifically base knowledge. ( steward, 1943) I have been a nurse for twelve years working as a telemetry nurse for four years and as an emergency room nurse for eight years. I used my knowledge to worked efficiently with each patient I encountered throughout each day, before I started Grand Canyon University approximately two weeks ago I would have argued “there is no difference in competency between a nurse that holds an associate degree and a nurse with a baccalaureate degree my theory was we both take the same NCLEX and we are both registered nurses now that I have done researches, there are differences : leadership, health promotion, case management, and critical thinking even though we both have the same licensure. A nurse with a baccalaureate degree have a better understanding of different cultures and