Discuss the difference between nurses prepared at the baccalaureate degree level and nurses prepared at the associate degree level. Abigail Fosu Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V 11/08/2015 The associate degree and the baccalaureate degree nurses are both RNs who have taken and passed the NCLEX proficiency test and are licensed to practice nursing. They both have in most cases the same job titles and duties. However the difference between these two nurses are the educational levels attained
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Grand Canyon University NRS-430V Professional Dynamics DOES HIGHER EDUCATION RESULT IN MORE COMPETENT NURSES? There seems to be a long standing argument between RNs who hold diploma, Associates or Baccalaureate degrees in the equality and competency of nursing care that is delivered to patients. Many studies have been conducted on this subject to identify if there are better patient outcomes for higher educated nurses. Originally the Associates Degree level on nursing was developed out of
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errors, lesser death rates and great patient outcomes are all connected to highly educated nurses being employed in a hospital. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has decided that highly educated nurses brings about clinical competencies and a better care delivery and is working to make it a standard by creating a more highly qualified nursing workforce ("http://www.aacn.nche.edu/about-aacn," 2003). The associate degree nursing practice is the basic and technical nursing care
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Competencies between nurses prepared at Associate Degree level vs. Baccalaureate Degree level Susan Chacko Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430 V December 09, 2012 “Trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest”, these words were spoken by William Osler and it is true because as the modern medicine becomes more and more sophisticated day by day there is a higher need and demand of professional who are
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to which the goal is achieved can vary greatly among nurses pursuing the same outcome for the same patient in the same setting. All practicing nurses have achieved a level of demonstrated competency by passing the same standardized testing criteria. Many of these nurses will have arrived to that level of competency by very dissimilar means. There exists a level at which a nurse is expected to function. There is also a level at which a nurse can aspire to perform. Preparing student nurses in a manner
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Baccalaureate Education Grand Canyon University 21 June 2015 Competencies. The difference in nursing program options, diploma, ADN and BSN has been an on- going debate and discussion for years. The areas of community nursing, broader scientific research, as well as patient education and leadership skills are focused upon in the BSN program while only minimally in the Diploma or ADN curriculum. In addition, courses in the BSN nursing major focus on nursing science, communication, and decision
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etc. In addition, most nurses have their desired specialty in mind such as, cardiology, emergency medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, list can go on for many more. With this said, acuity of patients keeps increasing, and so does “the demand for new competencies, such as evidence-based practice, informatics, and outcomes management,” requiring education at more advanced level in order to enter the work field (Maneval, & Teeter, 2010). All nursing programs offer a great clinical component and do create
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The Differences between an Associate Degree prepared nurse, and a nurse prepared with a Bachelorette Degree Scott E. Scherpenberg Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V April 19th, 2014 Nursing is a profession that has a multitude of educational, ability, and professional affiliation levels. Registered Nurses can advance their careers simply by the skills they develop, the work environments they choose, or through supplemental training programs. A nurse can hone into a particular specialty,
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the Nursing community around the difference, if any, amongst nurses who are baccalaureate trained compared to diploma or Associates degree level nurses. It can be argued that the technical or clinical skills of each group may not differ greatly, but exposure to knowledge that can only be granted through didactic education is inevitably lacking in the diploma and Associates level nurses. According to the AACN, The NCLEX tests for minimum technical competency for safe entry into basic nursing
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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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