for a better, safer health care system, and for public guidelines that promote the health of the population. Nurses have the option of choosing from two levels of college education in other to achieve their goals and become professional nurses, an associate degree or a baccalaureate degree. Their purpose is training nurses to function independently, collaborate with the others team members, and implement critical thinking skills in providing high quality nursing care. Both degrees fulfill the requirements
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or not an there is a difference in the overall quality of care in acquiring an associate's degree in nursing versus a bachelor's degree in nursing. The obvious idea to conclude is that more years of education equates to more preparedness and better a better quality of nursing. According to many organizations, statistics, and research, evidence points that that the quality of care is greater in one that has achieved a BSN as opposed to an ADN. The American Association of College of Nursing's
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Nursing Competencies; ADN versus BSN All nurses are caring educated individuals that are trained to provide safe and efficient care to their patients. They are the eyes and ears for the doctor when they are unable to be present and they are the patients advocate when they are unable to be their own. It is the knowledge and education of the nurse that aids them in assessing a patient and leads them to ask the right questions so a safe clinical decision is made. (McHugh & Lake, 2010) Any person
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in the competencies between nurses prepared at the associate’s degree level versus the baccalaureate level in nursing. The differences in competencies has be seen in the leadership ladder for advancement in the profession of nursing, the ability to provide care, the coordination of patient care, and the membership of an educated interdisciplinary health care team. In my matriculation into Grand Canyon University’s RN-BSN program, I previously researched this topic extensively. In 1965, the American
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BSN Versus ADN Veronica Suarez Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V March 6, 2015 High demands of nursing and more nursing schools existing are creating more competition for job opportunities that has evolved into hospitals raising the bar on nurses’ knowledge. Living here in Miami makes job searching a difficult task unless if you know someone who knows someone or you have all of the qualifications for the job which lately it’s including have a BSN
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Bachelor Degree versus Associate Degree So, Why? The reason why this is the million dollar question is because one will not know until they are at the next level. For that reason I referred to my husband who has an advance degree in nursing. He graduated more than twenty years ago with an associate degree and went on to obtain a bachelor degree so after. He stated that when “he was in school the pending threat was that Associate Degree Nurses (ADNs) will be phased out in the future.” For that
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Probably one of the most controversial research reports of all times in the great BSN versus ADN entry level debate among nursing academia is the Aiken study. This one research study was the major catalyst for the Institute of Medicine (IOM) calling for a ratio of 60% BSN and 40% ADN/ diploma in the North Carolina nursing workforce. Study Design: quantitative, observational study with cross-section design Objective: To examine whether the proportion of hospital RNs educated at the baccalaureate
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chronically ill individuals. They are also accountable for the health promotion and maintenance of patients, families, communities, and the entire population at large in a wide range of healthcare settings. They also constitute the surveillance system for early detection of complications and problems in care and in the best position to initiate actions that will minimize negative outcome for patients.(Aiken et al 2003). For one to become a registered nurse there are three pathways to follow and these
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The differences in competencies, between ADN versus BSN Grand Canyon University: NRS- 430V September 28, 2014 The debates of the entering level required for Nurses to practice, has been ongoing topic for years. People has been advocating for the important of associate degree in the health care system. The research made by W.k.kellogg Foundation reported that, they spend more than 6.1 million toward improving the associate degree Nursing. While in 1965 ANA (American Nursing Association) wrote
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The Difference in competencies between Nurses prepared at the Associate Degree level versus the Baccalaureate Degree level. Frances Frederick-Whiteman Grand Canyon University NRS-430V-0500 January 31, 2016 As one progresses through life, they are given many opportunities to become distinguished
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