recovery, even though the recovery nurse called out to the waiting area and paged for the mother. The patient was then transferred to the discharge nurse. The child was agitated waiting for her mother to return. Coincidentally, the father was at the desk and the nurse invited him to see his child. The nurse was relieved as the child changed her affect to one of excitement and called him daddy. After waiting thirty minutes the father offered to take his daughter home. The nurse agreed and provided the discharge
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strong link between RN education level and patient outcomes. The noted nurse researchers found that every 10% increase in the proportion of BSN nurses on the hospital staff was associated with a 4% decrease in the risk of death. In the January 2007 Journal of Advanced Nursing, a study of 46,993 patients conducted by researchers at the University Toronto found that hospitals with higher proportions of baccalaureateprepared nurses tended to have lower 30-day mortality rates. The findings indicated
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Differences between ADN and BSN Nurses Although testing for one’s RN license is universal, the training background of an ADN versus a BSN nurse are very different. This has brought us to the discussion of the differences between an ADN and a BSN level nurse. As the needs of the patient population is changing, the demand for a more educated, skilled, resourceful practitioner is required (Smith, 2009). Personal Experience Example of how an ADN versus BSN nurse would treat a CHF patient. A
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wealthy and prominent family in nineteenth century Europe. During the Crimean War, Nightingale, through her population-based epidemiological approach was able to successfully and dramatically reduce mortality rates among soldiers. Nightingale envisioned nurses being formally trained and skilled in the care of the sick, injured, and weak. Nightingale also made clear distinction between nursing focused on caring for the sick and nursing focused on the prevention of illness (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014)
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terrible spasms in her left calf the previous evening and notified Nurse Karing. Nurse Karing proceeded to order a STAT venous Doppler X-ray to rule out thrombosis. She paged Dr. Cural to notify him that Mrs. Bee was having symptoms of thrombosis. Dr. Cural was upset that he was being bothered after a long day of work and shouted at the nurse, telling her he had evaluated Mrs. Bee that morning and to cancel the test. When Nurse Karing returned to the hospital the next day, Mrs. Bee’s symptoms were
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Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate-degree level Versus the baccalaureate –degree Rene Botha NUR-430-0503 10/11/2015 Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate-degree level Versus the baccalaureate –degree Although Associate degree nurses acquire enough training, studies have shown that obtaining a higher education in nursing have better patient outcomes a decrease in patient mortalities and higher educated nurses have better professional
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TOPIC 3: DISCSSION QUESTION 1 We all know the large part media plays an in public perception of a nurse whether it be positive or negative. We see that from television movies nurses were vilified and portrayed as psychotic in movies such as “Misery” Some shows portrayed nurses in a more positive light such as John McFadden in the movies as ‘Precious’ where a male nurse helps deliver a baby to a teenage mom and encourages her to take care of her baby although faced with adverse situations in her
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BSN?” says the prospective nurse who is faced with a decision to spend more time and more money to get the same pay as those who spend less of both. It is a very good question. Honestly, it’s a question that I have posed to myself many times. And truthfully, I wasn’t sold on the idea, until recently. I think it all comes down to being prepared. The more prepared we are, the better we are able to equip our patients with what they need. "Health care needs more nurses that are prepared to implement
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both associate degree (ADN) and baccalaureate degree (BSN) prepared nurses gain the title of RN by passing the same board examination only increases the confusion surrounding these two program levels of nursing education. Examination of these different educational preparation pathways in the level of nurses’ competencies requires discussion for the nursing profession to evolve while continuing to utilize both ADN and BSN prepared nurses. The primary educational focus for an ADN is hands-on bedside care
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IOM (2010) report was the need to educate nurses to their fullest potential. The vision of nursing is to change with the ever-changing health care industry. For the nurse there is education that must occur if this vision is to be realized. (IOM, 2010). The seamless academic progression on the road to successful education should be the beaten path of achievement of hope and a better smarter nurse. One of the primary goals with education should prepare nurses to be able to care for a diverse level of
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