Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Kelly M Mahoney Grand Canyon University Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Introduction The Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report on the future of nursing discusses the challenges facing both utilizers and providers of health care since the birth of the Affordable Care Act. In 2010, our country’s healthcare system experienced a major reconstruction second only to the evolution of Medicaid and Medicare in 1965. As of May, 2014 we
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Mario V Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics NRS 430V Analyzing the Degree of Competencies for Nurses Prepared at an Associate’s Level and a Bachelor’s Level Nursing care today can be affected by the degree of education a nurse possesses. Licensures for nurses are diploma, associate’s and bachelor’s. Competencies vary depending on the degree obtained. The demand for nurses in healthcare has blossomed over the
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Introduction Nursing profession has many levels of education from more than forty years like, the diploma nurses, technical nurses, professional nurses, master level degree nurses and doctorate degree nurses. In 1965 the committee on nursing education of the American Nurses Association (ANA) published a position paper which addressed the different levels of education for registered professional nurses. Different Approaches to Nursing Education There are three different approaches to nursing education:
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years of education required; 2 years for associate degree (ADN) and 4 years for baccalaureate degree (BSN). “ADN nurses are educated to provide nursing care to persons with similar health alterations in structured settings, whereas BSN nurses are educated to engage in independent thinking and to provide nursing care to persons with complex and differing health alterations within variety of settings, including the community” (Hood, 2010, p. 18). Even though
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differently depending on the beliefs of the individual. The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia defines the code of ethics for nurses as follows: The code of ethics for nurses was developed as a guide for carrying out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality on nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession. With the advances in technology and changes in the health care system has resulted in many ethical situations. New technologies are more expensive and little benefit
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Phoenix Faye Wilson August 2, 2012 Nursing is a book in itself, and while in the health care field, it is in high demand. In the recent years this is one of the hardest working fields but with plenty of job satisfaction. In 2008-2009 brochures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nursing provide the largest percentage of healthcare employment, which is expected to rise considerably in the next decade. This seems to be the steps moving forward in nursing, as the need for training nurses’ jobs
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Negligence Latasha Adegboruwa University of Phoenix Health Law and ethics HCS/478 Lynda White April 18, 2011 Negligence “Registered nurses have more professional accountability than at any other time in the history of nursing. As a result, nurses must confront the fact that they now owe a higher duty of care to their patients, and by extension, are more exposed to civil claims for negligence than ever before”(Weld and Bibb, 2009, p 2). “Negligence is described as failure to use such
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between a regulatory agency, such as a board of nursing, and a professional nursing organization do not differ much, from any other hospital, but are nevertheless important to me and is a strong influence in the way I practice nursing. The differences between a regulatory agency such as the Board of Nursing and a Professional Nursing Organization is that the BON regulates, writes laws, approves licensure and governs nurses at all levels of nursing and at all levels of care. Its ultimate goal is
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Professional Nursing Accountability: Our Ethical Responsibility Ralaya L. Allen R.N. Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics 08/27/11 Professional Nursing Accountability: Our Ethical Responsibility In healthcare, accountability can be regarded as a responsibility as well as a legal obligation. Patients have the right to be treated by well educated professional personnel such as doctors, nurses, and ancillary staff. Without accountability, there would not be consequences for unfavorable
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Singapore Nursing Board Standards for Nursing Practice defines that Nurses/midwives have the professional responsibility and accountability to uphold Standard of care and to contribute to their dissemination, interpretation and development despite medical advances, social and demographic changes and an increasingly complex healthcare delivery system that challenge the ability of nurses to provide safe quality of care. Should nurses fail to uphold certain standards and by doing so cause harm or
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