...Nursing Science INTRODUCTION Short Overview of History of Nursing Education Nurse education expands to empirical and theoretical frameworks introduced to future nurses and aimed at preparing them for completing tasks in a nursing care unit. The education is also introduced to nursing students by professional nurses and other medical experts who have been taught to accomplish a range of educational tasks. Previously, prior to the development of the theoretical foundations proposed by Florence Nightingale, nursing was considered purely from a medical viewpoint, which involved medical intervention and treatment. Further investigations and development of nursing education has been largely influenced by other disciplines, including ethics, morale, and philosophy which teaches future nurse to perceive persons not only as patients with certain disorders, but as holistic beings whose concerns also depend on their social, cultural, and political backgrounds. Contemporary arrangements also focus on the development of the balance between practical implications and theoretical foundation to shape a new patient-centered vision on nursing and health care. Purpose Statement The main purpose of this paper is to trace the shifts in nursing education, starting from the development of Nightingale’s model and focusing on the present underpinnings and alterations in nurses’ training. Florence Nightingale Concepts and Frameworks With the advent of Nightingale’s concepts in nursing, a rigid...
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...The history of Nursing Science Theresa Nwaoha-Ezekwo NUR/13 October 25, 2012 Pam Monroe Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory While the history of nursing can be traced back to the early first and second centuries, or even earlier, the study of nursing research and theories is a 20th and 21st century phenomena. The act of nursing is rooted in the Greco-Roman tradition of humanista, which core values are respect for the dignity of person, and the right to be free of pain and suffering; and the Judaic – Christian tradition of Caritas, with core values of solidarity with the sick, hungry, homeless, and hopeless (Evers, 2003). Coming from this line of thought it is not surprising that Florence Nightingale as a professed Christian chose to care and advocate for the sick and poor. The study and history of professional nursing science, research, and theories although a late 20th and 21st century phenomena, is said to begin with Florence Nightingale. Her use of mathematical and statistical data to show the relevance of her findings; that environmental factors can, and do influence patient’s rate of recovery was the beginning of nursing research and science as it is known today. One could almost imply that Nightingale knew that outcome measures needed to be “relevant, and address both the constant and variable components in order to determine effectiveness of an outcome” (Blackwood, 2006). Over the past centuries, Nursing as an independent science has emerged as...
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...Topic: The Art and Science of Nursing Name: Course: Instructor’s Name: Date: This paper seeks to explore Nursing practice in an attempt to demonstrate the change in perspective of the practice over the years from a traditional view to a more contemporary and realistic view. It will seek to achieve this by performing a literature review of two articles that not only talk but also define and distinguish nursing as both an art and a science and explore a nurses’ experience of being in patient/nurse interactions. Data used in the literature review was gathered through a random sampling of twenty-eight sophomore students, who were at the first year of learning nursing clinical experience with patients. The literature reviewed will help the reader in not only exploring the concepts of nursing but also assist them in exploring the perception of nursing, communication and also interaction. Nurses are continuously seen as the glue that holds the system of health care together. This is because unlike doctors or patients they are always available every time, every day. Nurses expend a lot of energies to ensure that patients get excellent health care, but their duties and roles are at times not clearly defined or undervalued. The concept of nursing is based on people, health and the environment. Nursing can best be defined as specialized care that is well-cut to satisfy the needs of individuals. Nursing is not only an art but also a science, as a science, it is based on...
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...history of nursing can be traced back to the early first and second centuries, or even earlier, the study of nursing research and theories is a 20th and 21st century phenomena. The act of nursing is rooted in the Greco-Roman tradition of humanista, which core values are respect for the dignity of person, and the right to be free of pain and suffering; and the Judaic – Christian tradition of Caritas, with core values of solidarity with the sick, hungry, homeless, and hopeless (Evers, 2003). Coming from this line of thought it is not surprising that Florence Nightingale as a professed Christian chose to care and advocate for the sick and poor. The study and history of professional nursing science, research, and theories although a late 20th and 21st century phenomena, is said to begin with Florence Nightingale. Her use of mathematical and statistical data to show the relevance of her findings; that environmental factors can, and do influence patient’s rate of recovery was the beginning of nursing research and science as it is known today. One could almost imply that Nightingale knew that outcome measures needed to be “relevant, and address both the constant and variable components in order to determine effectiveness of an outcome” (Blackwood, 2006). Over the past centuries, Nursing as an independent science has emerged as a rich culture of theoretical perspectives and frame-works that have impacted the profession positively. Until the mid-1800s the act of nursing was performed...
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...and Science Table of content pg.no Introduction 2 Description of incident 3 Feeling and thought 4 Evaluation 4 Analysis 8 Conclusion 10 Action Plan 11 Reference 12 Introduction Nursing is a great discipline and nurses have the honour and expertise in healing humans and bringing them back to normalcy (Reed P G, 2006). In discharging their duties effectively there is always a question that remains unresolved whether nursing should be approached as a science or an art or both? Academicians and practitioners stand on both sides and some tow along the middle path. Gary Rofle (2002) suggests that it’s not a pure science and discounts the opinion that nursing reflects technical rationality. He suggests that reflective learning, learning as an outcome of doing, which is closely related to art and which differs from individual to individual, dimension should also be considered. From the above discussion we can conclude that nursing is both...
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...1859 - Florence Nightingale published her views on nursing care in "Notes on Nursing" The basis of nursing practice was based on her idea's from this.” Nightingale Perceived patients holistically, and considered the impact of the environmental conditions on the person’s physical, intellectual, psychological and spiritual components”** 1873 – Linda Richards is graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses and officially becomes America's First Trained Nurse. According to "American Association for the History of Nursing" (n.d.), "Linda Richards is generally recognized as the first training nurse in the United States. But her entire career was marked by pioneering work. (para. 1). 1879 – Mary Eliza Mahoney is graduated from the New England Hospital for Women and Children Training School for Nurses and becomes the first black professional nurse in the U.S. “Her professionalism helped raise the status of all nurses. At a time when nurses were often assigned domestic chores as well as nursing duties, she refused to take her meals with household staff. As he reputation spread, Mahoney received requests from patients as far away as New Jersey, Washington, D.C., and North Carolina.” ("Pbs Wttw11", 2003) 1909 – The American Red Cross Nursing Service is formed by founder Clara Barton. “At age 60, she founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and led it for the next 23 years. According to American Red Cross (n.d.), “Her understanding of the needs...
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...RUNNING HEAD: why a bachelor of science in nursing? Why a bachelor of science in nursing? Why a bachelor of science in nursing? According to Black(2014), Registered nurses are the largest group of healthcare providers in the United States, and as the healthcare system continues to evolve , many new opportunities and roles are being developed that will use nursing skills in different ways. As an experienced nurse, I did not think I would need to go back to school, for a bachelor in nursing, to be able to deliver high quality care to my patients in these new roles. I have been delivering high quality care, and did not think I could learn new methods of delivering care. As I am reading the Essentials of Baccalaureate Nursing, I could easily place myself in some of the Essentials. I realize that “maintaining competence, continue personal and professional growth”, are also part of my responsibilities. Black (2014) Being a nurse is caring for strangers, and a stranger may be someone with a different belief or culture. A baccalaureate generalist nurse will be able to practice holistic nursing care, which focuses on the mind, body and spirit as well as emotions. As a nurse in interventional radiology, I encounter patients every day who are undergoing procedures. They have questions already answered by the doctor, but want and need...
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... Historical Development of Nursing Science Timeline Paper * Stacey Simmons * NUR/513 * February 3, 2014 Rebecca Gesler Historical Development of Nursing Science Timeline Paper The historical development of nursing science began with Florence Nightingale’s influential Notes on Nursing. The science of nursing has grown and developed into an academically sound and proven study of nursing care. In the 150 years following Florence Nightingale’s innovative approach to nursing care, many influential nursing theorists have emerged. This paper will discuss the Florence Nightingale, the pioneer theorists from the 1950’s, the transitional theorists from the 1960’s, and the research theorists from the 1990’s. The Historical Development of Nursing Science and Theory Nursing science and theory began with Florence Nightengale’s Notes on Nursing. Florence Nightingale is remembered for building the foundations of modern nursing establishing nursing as a profession. “Her book, Notes on Nursing (Nightingale 1859) first published in 1859, was the first nursing text book. She wrote the first modern nursing curriculum for St Thomas's Hospital, London when she instituted nurse education there in 1860 and followed these with a number of other books, reports and pamphlets. (Stanley, D., 2007). However, it would be decades before her insights, observations and educational model would be acknowledged as the first nursing theory. In the 1950’s Columbia...
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...To become a registered nurse, you must go through a stringent of nursing educational process. There are two entry educational levels: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing (BSN), and the Associate degree of nursing, ADN, ( Lane & Kohlenberg, 2010). Completion of any of these programs allows one to take the licensing exam, National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses, NCLEX-RN. The ADN is a two year program established earlier on as a quick fix to address nursing shortage in 1958. Its focus is more on application of the basic nursing skills to achieve patient care. This program is usually in community colleges. BSN is a four year college education whose program is more extensive and expansive of the fundamentals of the ADN program to include “physical and social sciences, nursing research, public and community health, nursing management, and the humanities” (American Association of Colleges of Nursing., 2012). Both BSN and ADN educated nurses have to take the NCLEX exam for initial licensure and so, one may wonder why spend more time and money in school to achieve the same result. This paper is therefore going to show the competency differences between the BSN and ADN as applied to nursing practices. It goes without saying that the BSN being a four year program will definitely mean more education, knowledge, skill and, with knowledge and skill comes confidence. BSN will...
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...Many professional organizations including the AACN recognize the Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) as the minimum or preferred educational preparation for entry to professional-level nursing practice because it has the greatest employment flexibility. There is a change in health care as the demands become more complex. In todays working environment nurses are required to have certain skills in order to provide a quality care. With the BSN degree a nurse acquires certain skills that a nurse associate degree wouldn’t have. The BSN degree includes critical-thinking, humanistic, communication, leadership skills, and other courses on community health that are not included in the diploma of an associate–degree. Nurses can use their leader-ship...
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...University of Phoenix Introduction to Graduate Study in Health Science/Nursing (HCS/504) Kirk Davis February 3, 2013 Graduate Study Challenges and Strategies for Personal Success Pursuing a graduate degree creates many opportunities and comes with many challenges, such as balancing work and attending school and adjusting to the increase workload of school (M. Schlemper, 2011). Utilizing the right coping strategies will help in overcoming these challenges. As I make this important decision to pursue the Masters of Science in nursing degree there are several questions that need to be answered. The aim of writing this paper is to give the reasons for pursuing a graduate degree including my short and long- term goals. The challenges I will face achieving these goals and the strategies I will use to overcome them. I will be analyzing my strength and weakness in regard to personal communication and strategies to improve my communication skills. Each individual have differ reasons for pursuing a graduate degree. These reasons can be personal or professional, which include a feeling of achievement and personal success and increasing their competency (Plunkett, Iwasiw & Keer, 2010). Acquiring new knowledge and skill has been imperative in my nursing career, as providing evidence base care requires me to keep abreast of the current trends in nursing. Pursuing a graduate degree is a step toward acquiring this knowledge and skills...
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...Online Nursing Student Zackary S. Stringer, RN Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Centered Health Promotion November 17th, 2013 A VARK Questionnaire Analysis of an Online Nursing Student When entering the realm of online education, one must step back and ask themselves if they are truly able to step away from traditional brick-and-mortar school systems and succeed in an online learning community. One way to assess whether or not this is a possibility is through the VARK questionnaire. The VARK questionnaire was developed by Fleming and Mills in 1992 in an attempt to help students better understand the modalities in which they learn best. The questionnaire is a series of questions that present real life situations relating to learning new skills or teaching new skills to others. The four answer choices then apply to one of the four VARK modalities: visual, aural, read/write, and kinesthetic. Those taking the VARK questionnaire are also given the opportunity to select more than one response if they feel that more than one answer applies to them. After submitting the responses, the scores for the four modalities are revealed, and then a dominant modality is given. As well, someone could be considered multimodal if they scored highly in more than one modality (Sinclaire, 2012). In the exercise that will be discussed, a twenty year old online nursing student who attended a nursing diploma school currently enrolled in a nursing diploma to bachelor’s degree of science in nursing...
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...The Difference in Competencies: BSN v. ADN/Diploma When deciding to go to nursing school, it is not just a decision on what school to attend, it is also a decision on what degree to obtain. A two-year ADN program, a three-year diploma program, or a four year bachelor’s program are the current options to choose from. All will give the education needed to pass the licensing exam, the NCLEX-RN. All will provide the title of RN once the licensing exam is passed. All will have clinical rotations that will prepare the student for their first day on the job, and provides the student with the many options that nursing has to offer. With all of these similarities between the different nursing degrees, there is one major difference between a nurse graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a nurse graduating with an Associates Degree of Nursing. That difference is opportunity. Although graduating with an ADN or Diploma of nursing will create many career openings, those opportunities are not what could be expected if you graduate with a BSN. With many hospitals attempting to obtain magnet status, many job options are open only to those who hold a BSN. In addition, a BSN is necessary to obtain a job in nurse education and administration (Why a BSN, n.d.). Those with their BSN have more room for career advancement and are in greater demand than their ADN/Diploma counterparts. Many new nurses fail to look at the big picture of career growth. They may wonder why...
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...a BSN before applying for employment. Nursing is a profession that involves skills and knowledge to provide optimum level of care. ADN versus BSN has been an issue of controversy for years. The primary focus of this paper will be discussing the differences in competencies of nurses educated in an ADN level to those educated in a BSN level. These differences include varying curriculum requirements, education content and patient outcomes. The first difference in ADN and BSN is the amount of education. The associate degree in nursing includes two years in the nursing program and can be obtained at a community or junior college. However, there are prerequisite courses required for entry into the nursing program, so ADN programs can be at least 3 years in length. Today, earning an ADN takes almost as long as earning a BSN (Orsolini-Hain & Waters, 2009). In contrast, baccalaureate degree in nursing includes four academic years of college at a four year university. Both degrees take the same NCLEX board exam for licensing and both degrees enter into the same position as a registered nurse, with similar wages and benefits. The second difference in ADN and BSN is the content and skills taught. Baccalaureate degree nursing includes all of the content of associate degree nursing, but also focuses on more in-depth studies of the physical and social sciences, nursing research, nursing leadership and management, community and public health nursing, and the humanities (Ridley, 2008). This...
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...Nurses Prepared at Associate-Degree versus the Baccalaureate-Degree Level in Nursing The nursing profession has multiple entry levels which are diploma, Associate (ADN) degree and Baccalaureate (BSN) degree (Lane & Kohlenberg, 2010). Historically, The Bachelor of Science in nursing degree was established in 1909, whereas the Associate degree was established in 1958 (Hood & Leddy, 2006). BSN students are required to attend 4 years of college education, mostly given at colleges or universities, and on the other hand ADN students are required to attend 3 years of a community college nursing program (AANC, 2011). These variations in the years of education create differences in competences between BSN and ADN. Some variations include critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and ethical reasoning. Both, ADN and BSN prepared nurses sit for the same licensure examination (Taylor, 2008). According to Lane & Kohlenberg (2010), “Baccalaureate education provides nurses with critical thinking for complex patients and opportunities for leadership, professional mobility, and advancement, this does not mean associate degree nurses are unimportant” (p. 220). Associate degree nurses demonstrate the critical role in nursing (Lane & Kohlenberg, 2010).They continued by adding that through building onto the fundamentals of Associate degree education, emphasis on research, social and physical sciences, and management of community health; The Baccalaureate education provides nurses...
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