workforce. Research has shown that lower mortality rates, fewer medication errors, and positive outcomes are all linked to nurses prepared at the baccalaureate and graduate degree levels. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is committed to working collaboratively to create a more highly qualified nursing workforce since education enhances both clinical competency and care delivery. This fact sheet looks at today’s nursing workforce; highlights research connecting education to outcomes;
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clinically sound medical care while functioning as a business, nurses are at the forefront of providing patient safety in a business environment. America depends on both two and four year institutions of higher education to prepare nurses, who will be working side by side in the healthcare environment. As a result of nursing job growth and projected retirement rates, it is estimated that America will need one million additional Registered Nurses by 2018 (Fulcher, Mullin, 2011). With strong evidence that
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Degree versus Bachelor’s Degree There are several differences regarding competencies between nurses that have been educationally prepared at the associate degree level versus nurses that have been prepared at the baccalaureate degree level including a difference in learning leadership skills, a difference in teaching how a nurse utilizes critical thinking, and also, determines how autonomous a nurse will be while practicing. While these differences show certain distinctions in each level of education
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purpose of this paper is to review the guidelines that has been developed to address the Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) problem, it’s importance and significance to nursing practice, as well as its impact on the patients and community, and the differences in care based on evidence. “Patients with indwelling catheters, even with current standards of care and evidence-based practice, urinary tract infections continue to be a problem”(Kevin J. Ribby, June 2006). Practice setting problem Urinary
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Associate versus Bachelor Degree in Nursing Ana Parker Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-O502 July 6, 2016 Education Preparation: Associate versus Bachelor Degree in Nursing Though the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) is available to the holders of both an associate’s degree of nursing and a bachelor’s degree of nursing, healthcare is constantly changing and looking for ways to expand and improve. According to NursingLicensure.org, an increasing number of hospitals are now overlooking
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and Education Saturday, December 23, 2006 ADN vs. BSN Education Nursing education is bound by its contract with society to prepare nurses with the knowledge; skills and values that enable them to provide quality care within the contemporary health care system. Implicit in this process is that a layperson will be transformed into a competent professional (Lindeman, 2000). When addressed to nurses, the question of educational preparation into professional nursing practice
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workforce. Research has shown that lower mortality rates, fewer medication errors, and positive outcomes are all linked to nurses prepared at the baccalaureate and graduate degree levels. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is committed to working collaboratively to create a more highly qualified nursing workforce since education enhances both clinical competency and care delivery. This fact sheet looks at today’s nursing workforce; highlights research connecting education to outcomes;
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are the expectations of today’s nurses. With demands for quality patient care on the rise, so will the standard that nurses advance their education. There are three different avenues in becoming a registered nurse: diploma programs and associate degree programs ranging from 2-3 years to complete, and baccalaureate degree programs taking 4 years. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), baccalaureate-nursing programs include all associate degree curriculums plus a more in-depth
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extensive education requirements. There is a difference in knowledge and competency requirement for the Associates Degree in. The Associates Degree in Nursing courses are given at a college level and some programs that are included are English, Mathematics, Pharmacology, Psychology, Mental Health, OB, and Pediatrics. The sciences are a definite requirement which includes Microbiology, Anatomy and Physiology I and II and all include labs. With the associates degree program the individual has to have
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Differences between Competencies of Associate’s Degree Nurses and Bachelor’s Degree Nurses Initially it was difficult to get over the inadequacies of an associate’s degree in nursing, more because of personal reasons, being one myself. Admitting that I’m not as educated as the next person is quite difficult for me; I take myself and my job very seriously, and I honestly think I’m one of the best nurses in the hospital where I work. Being the best nurse, however, is not the point of furthering my
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