Running head: COMPARISON OF COMPETENCIES Comparison of Competencies: Associate versus Baccalaureate Degree Nurses Rachel Beissel Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Professional Dynamics November 20, 2011 Comparison of Competencies: Associate versus Baccalaureate Degree Nurses There are currently three different degree programs for Registered Nurses in the United States. The first degree plan is a diploma nursing degree, which is a 3 year program that focuses on nursing tasks in a hospital
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Competency Between Associate Degree Prepared Nurses and Baccalaureate Degree Prepared Nurses Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics July 2013 Differences in Competency Between Associate Degree Prepared Nurses and Baccalaureate Degree Prepared Nurses Achieving a Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN), or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN), makes an individual eligible to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). Once either candidate successfully
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Continuing Education Effective Delegation: Understanding Responsibility, Authority, and Accountability Christine Mueller, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Amy Vogelsmeier, PhD, RN The obligation to provide safe, quality care creates challenges and concerns when registered nurses (RNs) delegate duties to unlicensed assistive personnel. These challenges and concerns are magnified in today’s health care environment of shrinking resources; patients with complex, chronic conditions; health care settings with
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IOM’s Future of Nursing and how it is related to the nurse staffing, the intent of the Future of Nursing’s Campaign for Action, the reasoning for state-based action coalitions and initiatives of the coalition. The Work of the Committee In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) propelled a two-year plan reacting to the desires of Registered Nurses in reconsidering and reintroducing the career of nurses. The IOM nominated the RWJF Initiative with the determination
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Whichever educational path you take, all these degrees will lead you to be a RN but with healthcare always evolving, nurses who achieve higher levels of education are more qualified to keep up with the demands of the continuous change and quality of care. Diploma nursing has been established in Boston in 1873 and it was the first formal type of education in the United States where nurses received their technical skills while working in the hospital. They were not considered nursing students as they
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CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES WHEREAS, the Board of Nursing (BON) has the power to promulgate a Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses in coordination and consultation with the accredited professional organization (Sec. 9, (g), Art III of (Republic Act) No. 9173, known as the “Philippine Nursing Act of 2002); WHEREAS, in the formulation of the Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses, the Code of Good Governance for the Professions in the Philippines was utilized as the principal basis thereof: All the principles
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explanation of how the health care departments have been modified today. Does Jerry’s medical training qualify him to issue the refill Order? Why or Why not? Jerry is a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and has also had training in Medical Assisting (MA) as well, however even though he is a licensed nurse, he is not qualified to write prescriptions for patients’ medications regardless of the situation. The education that Jerry has obtained only qualifies him to take and monitor vital signs, measure
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class my perception has completely changed and came to the conclusion that NR500 should be included in Master’s curriculum. Master’s nursing education, as is all nursing education, is evolving to meet these needs and to prepare nurses to assume increasing accountabilities, responsibilities and leadership positions. According to AACN (2011), The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing reflect the profession’s continuing call for imagination, transformative thinking, and evolutionary change in
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health care professionals to disclose the medical information of the patients. It is the right of a patient to have his or her personal identifiable information to be confidential. This medical information is suppose too only be available to the physician of record as well as other necessary health care and insurance personal. Confidentiality of patient was protected by federal statute, as of 2003. Passing of federal regulations which was the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
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sites like: Facebook, Allnursing.com, and LinkedIn. Unfortunately some nurses have “posted up” patient information as way to let off steam, seek advice on what to do for a patient’s care or to talk about the events of the work day. When patients are admitted into the hospital they disclose their information to all who are involved in their care; they trust that information will only be revealed to those involved in their care. Nurses do not have the right to disclose patient information on the interent
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