Associate- degree level versus Baccalaureate-degree level Nursing is a profession which requires a lots of knowledge to treat patients in an efficient and creative method. Studies and personal skills have shown that nurses with baccalaureate level has smaller amount of errors, enhanced organization, critical thinking, increase in clinical skill and lower death rates than with nurses who have an associate degree level. Nursing practice mainly concentrates on the health promotion, disease
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Future Of Nursing Elizabeth Lang NRS 430V November 4, 2012 The Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted into law in 2010, is expected help the 32 million people without insurance in the United States healthcare sector. In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) approached the Institute of Medicine (IOM) proposed a partnership to assess and respond to the need to transform the nursing profession to meet the upcoming new challenges and needs from the ACA. After two years of intense discussions
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Their goal was to improve relationships between employees and managers in an effort to reduce employee turnover and make Baylor Health Care System a workplace of choice. In order to do this, the human resource team knew they needed to revamp their leadership training curriculum. They conducted a needs assessment with the key leaders and contributors within the organization to determine the skills and behaviors which had to be changed in order to achieve their goal. Intervention “We didn’t want
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Nursing Leader Interview The nurse manager of the cardiac rehabilitation unit has been a formal nurse leader for the past five years. The conversation began with a discussion about her personal leadership style and how it evolved from a knee jerk style to her current democratic style. Being a nurse leader requires adaptation and flexibility. Administration, Medicare, and certifying organizations require changes to be made frequently to improve patient care. These changes are often tied to service
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their nursing field, it is hard to imagine that my BSN degree will make me more competent than those that are heading our floor nurses. I had spoken with my manager about my concerns. After our talk, she promised that with time comes experience. Also, that completing a four year degree will not only advance me educationally and give me more insight to the nursing profession, but help me to develop understanding of situations quicker and take a role to lead the team to success. Leadership seems
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the bachelors-degree level. Both degrees require the nurse to take the NCLEX, participate in clinical mentorship and formal classroom education. ADN and BSN nurses have roughly the same entry-level pay scale and are qualified to perform the same nursing related skills. Associates degree nurses came about as a necessity during WWII to help take care of the abundant number of injured soldiers. The ADN program was geared toward clinical skills and therefore produced nurses who were thought to be lower
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Benchmark Assignment: Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Models The Evolution of Nursing Practice To my colleagues, the health care system has begun a decade of transitions that, for the nursing profession, promise to change the practice of nurses, expand current nursing roles and create new ones, and provide many opportunities for nurses to participate in shaping the future delivery system. With the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010, care delivery and financing
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Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-0507 January 9, 2016 The Associate Degree in Nursing: This is a Nursing Degree that is completed in 2-3years. This course of study is usually completed at a community colleges or nursing school. Upon completion of an Associate Degree you may sit for NCLEX-RN for license. The Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing: This is a degree based in the science and principles of nursing. The BSN is usually completed in 4-5 years, and includes 2 years of general education
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The Future of Nursing In 2010 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJK), a subsidiary of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), issued a report on nursing called, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, (http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursig-Leadership-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx). According to the IOM official website, (http://www.iom.edu/), “…the IOM provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policy makers, health professional, the private sector
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Introduction The 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” has created a positive and irreversible impact on the future of Nursing. The IOM report according to the American Nurses Association, “calls on nurses to take a greater role in America’s increasingly complex health care system.” The report has triggered a domino effect on the impact for the nursing field in correlation to nurse’s education, practice, and their role as a leader
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