...ASN Program Description Mission and Goals Our Mission Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences provides a quality higher learning environment preparing competent practitioners for health-care professions. Continuous quality improvement guides the educational process as students prepare to deliver culturally congruent health care, perform as responsible citizens within the global community and seek avenues for life-long learning. Our Goals Program goals for each department in the College derive from the philosophy of the College and the domain competencies, as follows: Knowledge • ability to examine and explain phenomena • ability to construct and organize knowledge • ability to integrate and synthesize knowledge • ability to apply quantitative and qualitative concepts Proficiency • ability to solve practical problems • ability to collaborate with multiple disciplines • ability to communicate effectively • ability to practice competently and skillfully in a changing health-care environment Culture Care Values • ability to preserve/maintain cultural identities • ability to accommodate/negotiate diverse life ways • ability to re-pattern/restructure health-care delivery methods • ability to apply ethical and legal principles to health care The Associate of Science in Nursing Program (ASN) is a two-year program of study combining didactic and clinical nursing courses as well as general education courses. The Program...
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...1 Historical Development of Professional Nursing in the United States Jennifer Casavant Telford, PhD, APN-BC Arlene W. Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN OBJECTIVES At the completion of this chapter, the reader will be able to: • Discuss the impact of Florence Nightingale's model and the American Civil War on mid to late–19th-century American nursing education. • Describe the transition of nursing education from the hospital to collegiate programs. • Discuss the role of nursing licensure in safeguarding the public and developing educational and clinical nursing standards. • Discuss the development of advanced clinical practice nursing from the 1960s through the present. PROFILE IN PRACTICE Laura J. Robinson Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Student, University of Connecticut School of Nursing Nursing history is important to me because it has provided me with the opportunity to fulfill my goal to advance my career as a nurse practitioner, a role that was not existent less than half a century ago. Ambitious nurses before me had to establish themselves in a new career, gain recognition, and succeed in order for the position to be present today. One person whom I particularly admire and who helped pave the way is my grandmother, Olive Shea. Grandma Shea earned her RN diploma in 1944 after completing the 3-year certification program offered by Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut. After various nursing positions, she was employed by the University of Connecticut at the...
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...changes in diversity puts a demand on healthcare professionals. Changes in healthcare have popularized empirical and evidence-based research in the field of nursing research (Hung, Chang,Chen, 2010) New roles that are emerging are tele-conferencing, providing nursing care over the phone triage style nurses need to be effective leaders and managers to meet the new challenges, advocate for policies that contribute to the health of populations, to sustainable development, and to the security and just treatment of nurses and health care professionals (NSNA,2011). Health care evolving at a fast rate and as provider’s nurses will need to adapt by meeting the needs and demands of individuals. The elderly are increasing and have been at a steady rate, and we need the professionals to be available to take care of the elder generation. The acuity on my floor are seeing more and more elderly’s coming in with stroke and fractures. Hung, H., Wang, H., Chang, Y., & Chen, C. (2010). [Nursing knowledge: the evolution of scientific philosophies and paradigm trends]. Hu Li Za Zhi The Journal Of Nursing, 57(1), 64-70. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. NSNA (2011) Meeting Today’s Global Health Care Challenges retrieved from http://www.nsna.org/Portals/0/Skins/NSNA/pdf/Imprint_Feb04_Hancock.pdf patterns of health events in populations characterizes health outcomes in terms of what, who, where, when, and why: What is the outcome? Who is affected? Where are they? When do events occur? This focus of epidemiology...
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...Running head: COMPETENCY DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN BSN AND ADN Competency Distinctions Between Bachelor Degree Nursing and Associate Degree Nursing Grand Canyon University The purpose of this paper is to discuss education differences in profession of nursing between Associate Degree Nursing and Bachelor Degree Nursing and to compare competency between the two. Competency is an individual’s actual performance in particular situation, described how well individual integrates knowledge, attitudes, skills and behavior in delivering care according to expectations (Gurvis & Gray, 1995; Nolan, 1998). The nursing profession starts when Florence Nightingale established the Nightingale School for Nursing in 1860 in London (Creasia & Friberg, 2010, p. 4). Since that time nursing profession has grown around the world. In the United States of America only RN’s are legally allowed to offer nursing services. RN’s have to be certified by National Council Licensure after passing the NCLEX exam, the test for minimal technical competency for save entry into nursing practice (Rosseter, 2011, p 4). We have two categories of nurses – Associate Degree Nurses and Bachelor Degree Nurses. Associate Degree nursing program was developed during World War 2 at the time of shortage of nurses prompted by the war. Today Associate degree nursing demands two years of formal education that covers general courses (Orsolini – Hain & Waters, p. 267). ADN can be obtain in Community Colleges....
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...Learning Healthcare Organizations MHA601: Principles of Health Care Administration (NBA1407A) Instructor: March 17, 2014 Week 5 Assignment: Learning Healthcare Organizations Transformational change is a radical shift in culture for the healthcare industry. It is an organizational wide, new way to strategize and update old theories and skills that are less reliable than the old processes and systems that were used in the past. The new changes are meant to be rolled out over a period of time because it is associated with the restructuring of an organization and it relies on collaboration of all its employees. It is about interdependence and working relationships within the organization for a collective purpose. Organizational learning in the healthcare industry is of particular interest to many organizations that are concerned with making transformational changes because it is viewed as a source of competitive advantage, it recognizes the link between improved patient outcomes, and it is a way to stay relevant in unpredictable markets. One of the key features of this new type of approach in building a learning organization is the focus on teamwork. Management may be redefining these changes within their own organizations in a way that stays consistent with the learning organizational theory. There are many challenges in the design of such change because it is hard to find working examples in place and leaders must understand this in order to guide, and influence such transformations...
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...Me First HCA/210 Weeks One and Two Introduction THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES IS QUITE UNIQUE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. UNLIKE MOST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, IT IS NOT RUN BY THE GOVERNMENT WHERE EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE (TORRENS, 2002). ALSO, OVER THE YEARS, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, SOCIAL ISSUES AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE INFLUENCED TODAY’S HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. HEALTH CARE IN THE UNITED STATES IS PART OF A FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM. THERE ARE A HOST OF DRIVERS TO CONSIDER WHEN HISTORICALLY REVIEWING ITS DIVERGENT SYSTEMS, FUNDING, TRENDS, BUSINESS PRACTICES, DEMOGRAPHICS, AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS. Changing population and demographic composition over time has changed the way health care is delivered today as opposed to 50 years ago. People are living longer today than in previous years. Life expectancy continues to increase. The National Vital Statistics Report (2010) indicated the average life expectancy has risen to 77.9 years. In totality, experts consider population change using three components: births, deaths, and migration (Denver as cited in Shi & Singh, 2001). Basically, “lower death rates, lower birth rates, and greater longevity together indicate an aging population” (Shi & Singh, 2001). Each of these components have manifested over the past 50 years contributing to longer life spans. Increased access to health care services ultimately has led to increased use and costs. Increased costs have forced the public and private sectors...
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...Community Health-HIV Transmission and Prevention Kimberly Welch Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V Jude Belmonte June 14, 2015 Community Health-HIV Transmission & Prevention One of the most complicated and complex communicable diseases in the world population today is human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is estimated that 78 million people have been infected and 39 million people have died worldwide since the virus was first identified ("AIDS statistics," 2015, para. 1). HIV is contracted by direct contact with contaminated blood or body fluids. This infection modifies and destroys the specific cells of the immune system ("HIV basics," 2015, para. 1). The result of HIV infection is the eventual progression to AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease) (Klatt, 2015, p. 6). HIV and AIDS are commonly used interchangeably when discussing the disease processes in general terms, but there is a distinctive evolution that identifies the presence of HIV to the development of AIDS. Since HIV targets specific cells, massive cellular destruction leads to the state know as acquired immune deficiency syndrome ("HIV basics," 2015). HIV infection currently has no cure and once acquired. However, with early detection and use of new medication combinations, it can be managed ("HIV Treatment," 2014, para. 3). Epidemiology is the medical study of the causes and transmission of disease within a population. Epidemiologist target specific strategies...
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...Tuberculosis: Epidemiology and Nursing Role Tuberculosis has been a persistent threat to the human race as far back as Hippocrates (c.460-c.370 BC). Globally, tuberculosis has infected millions during waves, often killing scores of people at a time, and then receding giving it an almost supernatural quality (Daniel, 2006). In recent history tuberculosis has been recorded in all corners of the world, and currently infects one third of the global population. In 2012, TB was responsible for killing 1.3 million people, making it the second largest fatal disease next to AIDS. The purpose of this paper is to describe tuberculosis, explain contributing factors, describe the disease in relation to the epidemiologic triangle, and finally discuss the role of community nurses in the prevention and treatment of the disease. Tuberculosis is a respiratory disease spread through the air. This is of course a simple definition and robs the disease of its true nature. In order to fully understand tuberculosis one must leverage the rules of communicable disease investigations. In that vein, tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by mycobacterium, specifically mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB, as it is often referred, is indeed spread through infected sputum, carried through the air from a host to a new host. Once in the lungs, the bacteria become latent or active. Latent TB infection means the patient is not symptomatic, yet will test positive on skin test. The second route leads to active...
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...A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND U.S.A. B.S. NURSING CURRICULUM In Partial Fulfilment of The Final requirements for the Subject CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ________________________________________ Prepared and Submitted by: ROTSEN J. JAMBONGANA, RN CHARMAINE S. DACLES, RN ANA TESSA SOLIGUEN, RN STEPHANIE VARELA, RN TRACY SARMIENTO, RN MICHELLE CAñA, RN PEARL DOLALAS, RN ________________________________________ Respectfully Submitted to: MRS. MERLE SALVANI, MN Professor MASTER IN NURSING University of St. La Salle March 2011 Abstract At the undergraduate level, individual college and university administrations and faculties sometimes mandate core curricula, especially in the liberal arts. But because of increasing specialization and depth in the student's major field of study, a typical core curriculum in higher education mandates a far smaller proportion of a student's course work than a high school or elementary school core curriculum prescribes. In the United States, most control over education rests with the various state governments. Each state has different laws and objectives for education, but the states generally permit schools and colleges to operate with considerable independence and autonomy. As a result, American educational institutions can vary widely in the type and quality of their programs. To maintain consistent standards of education, the U.S. Department of Education officially recognizes private accrediting agencies...
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...appropriate conclusions supported by the data. The concept of profesional journal as a means of developing reflective practice has become a popular topic in classrooms, professional journals, conferences, and continuing education programs (Boud & Walker, 1998). Many other names for profesional journal appear in nursing literature, including log, journaling, narrative pedagogy, dialogue journals, reflective practice, and reflective writing. Whatever people says, reflective profesional journal requires writing, a great deal of it. However, journals are an integral part of the teaching/learning in many nursing programs as well as in allied health programs and education in general. The purpose of this essay is to review the literature related to profesional journal and reflective practice and how it can be beneficial in the teaching/learning process. Reflective practice is a means of self-examination that involves looking back over what has happened in practice in an effort to improve performance or to encourage professional growth (Ruth-Sahd, 2003). Profesional journal is a method that is frequently used in nursing education as an active learning technique to enhance reflective practice. Why is reflective practice so important? The literature cites numerous reasons for utilizing profesional journal/reflective practice in the academic setting. According to Pinkstaff (1985), students find that ideas become clearer...
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...considered the founder of modern nursing, first began to establish nursing as a profession during the Crimean War. Since then, nursing theorists have continued to expand on the thought that patients are made up of more than just the symptoms they present with, Abraham Maslow, Carl Jung, Dr. Larry Dossey and Dorothy Johnson, but none more so than Jean Watson. She developed a theory of human caring that contained several core concepts, these concepts lay forth the ground work for how we, as nurses, should care for a patient. These concepts included transpersonal caring relationships (going beyond ego to higher “spiritual” caring created by caring moments), multiple ways of knowing (science, art, spiritual, etc) and a reflective/meditative approach to caring (Watson, 2010). As nurses it is our responsibility to elevate ourselves above simply what is seen by our eyes, to a level that we feel in our souls. Once we transcend to the level of deeply understanding our soul, we can fully give to our patients the type of holistic patient care that they both need and deserve. Dr. Larry Dossey is an internationally recognized physician known for advocating the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare (Dossey, n.d.). Dr. Dossey has designated the history of medicine in to three separate eras. The first era beginning in the 1860’s, is referred to as the mechanical era of medicine. During this time period, all aspects of health and illness were thought to be...
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...The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12956.html Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine PREPUBLICATION COPY: UNCORRECTED PROOFS Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12956.html THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by Contract No. 65815 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project. International Standard Book Number 0-309-XXXXX-X (Book) International Standard Book Number 0-309- XXXXX -X (PDF) Library of Congress Control Number: 00 XXXXXX Additional copies of this report are available from the National Academies...
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...Chapter 3 The Evolution of Health Services in the United States Learning Objectives To discover historical developments that have shaped the nature of the US health care delivery system To evaluate why the system has been resistant to national health insurance reforms To explore developments associated with the corporatization of health care To speculate on whether the era of socialized medicine has dawned in the United States “Where’s the market?” 81 26501_CH03_FINAL.indd 81 7/27/11 10:31:29 AM 82 CHAPTER 3 The Evolution of Health Services in the United States Introduction The health care delivery system of the United States evolved quite differently from the systems in Europe. American values and the social, political, and economic antecedents on which the US system is based have led to the formation of a unique system of health care delivery, as described in Chapter 1. This chapter discusses how these forces have been instrumental in shaping the current structure of medical services and how they are likely to shape its future. The evolutionary changes discussed here illustrate the American beliefs and values (discussed in Chapter 2) in action, within the context of broad social, political, and economic changes. Because social, political, and economic contexts are not static, their shifting influences lend a certain dynamism to the health care delivery system. Conversely, beliefs and values remain relatively stable over time. Consequently, in the American health care delivery...
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...Transforming Lives Communities The Nation …One Student at a Time Disclaimer Academic programmes, requirements, courses, tuition, and fee schedules listed in this catalogue are subject to change at any time at the discretion of the Management and Board of Trustees of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT). The COSTAATT Catalogue is the authoritative source for information on the College’s policies, programmes and services. Programme information in this catalogue is effective from September 2010. Students who commenced studies at the College prior to this date, are to be guided by programme requirements as stipulated by the relevant department. Updates on the schedule of classes and changes in academic policies, degree requirements, fees, new course offerings, and other information will be issued by the Office of the Registrar. Students are advised to consult with their departmental academic advisors at least once per semester, regarding their course of study. The policies, rules and regulations of the College are informed by the laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. iii Table of Contents PG 9 PG 9 PG 10 PG 11 PG 11 PG 12 PG 12 PG 13 PG 14 PG 14 PG 14 PG 14 PG 15 PG 17 PG 18 PG 20 PG 20 PG 20 PG 21 PG 22 PG 22 PG 22 PG 23 PG 23 PG 23 PG 23 PG 24 PG 24 PG 24 PG 24 PG 25 PG 25 PG 25 PG 26 PG 26 PG 26 PG 26 PG 26 PG 26 PG 27 PG 27 PG 27 PG 27 PG 27 PG 27 PG 28 PG 28 PG 28 PG 28 PG 28 PG 33 PG 37 Vision Mission President’s...
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