Distinctiveness of Preparation
Denia A Spaulding RN
Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V
January 8, 2012

History has taught us that the RN’s role is more than just attending to patients’ needs. An RN’s responsibility is to ensure the safe and competent care of the population. This is dependent upon level of education attained. The higher level of education a nurse acquires, the more prepared the professional is. RNs are more able to adequately assess patients, research more proficient ways of caring for their clients, and implement this evidence-based knowledge in the field more proficiently than the average graduate. It is not only an honor for the nurses to practice in their profession, but it is an obligation to diligently seek the evolution of their science.

A cardiac arrest arrives to an Intensive Care Unit. The RN assigned to this patient has already received a detailed report of the patient’s condition and what has been done for him since he was picked up by the Rescue Squad. The assigned RN is about to assess this patient. What could make the difference in the way that this caregiver will evaluate and manage his healthcare? The determining factor of how the nurse will analyze and provide care for this individual is based on the level of advance training which he or she has acquired. The Associate RN is looking at the current issue, while the Baccalaureate RN is evaluating the situation as a whole.
Since the inception of Nursing there have been men and women who provided care for the sick and dying. In the beginning, these caretakers were considered lowly, and nursing was a task, not a profession. Most knowledge a nurse obtained was by watching the hands-on training by a mother, military man, or local clergy and wasn’t taught by a Nursing instructor. According to the history of nursing, training was first performed by