Professional Development of Professional Nurses: The Future of Nursing Amy K. Fettig RN Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Professional Dynamics April 28, 2013 Professional Development for Nursing Professionals: The Future of Nursing A report was published in 2010 by the Institute of medicine discussing the future of healthcare. “The United States has the opportunity to transform its health care system to provide seamless, affordable
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To become an adult gerontology primary care nurse practitioner, (AGPCNP) a registered nurse must complete a graduate nursing program with a concentration in adult gerontology primary care from an institution that has been accredited by either the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). During this program, they must also complete a minimum of 500 hours of clinical practicum in settings that are relevant to adult primary care
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profession of nursing has a long history dating back to the ancient days. Formal education of nursing, using Florence Nightingale’s model, began in the United States after the Civil War. (Scope of Practice and Differentiated Practice Competencies) Nursing education took place in the hospital setting that used nursing students to care for patients. The students mainly learned the skills necessary to care for patients, but were deficient in curriculum learning. Later, some hospital nursing programs
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Interview of Health Care Leader As a nurse who is well-rounded with experience in many areas of the field, I wanted to get a fresh perspective from a health care leader in an area that I do not know much about. I interviewed KM, a current Director of Nursing Services for a Home Healthcare Agency who is preparing the agency to be Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) certified. KM has a triple Master’s Degree and is preparing to complete her Doctorate in pursuit of a Strategic Planning career
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Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) in three years Hospitals are currently preferring to hiring those with a BSN's as opposed to those that have ADN's. Future Nurses and nursing students are on the forefront of the proposed legislation that mandates RN's to receive a Bachelor's degree within 3 years of licensure. Nursing schools that offer ADN may see a decrease in enrollment due to those pursuing a career in nursing will apply to a school that offers a BSN program. Nursing Schools will be affected
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Teacher As stated in the 6th edition Columbia Encyclopedia, nursing has always existed as an occupation, and recently, it has developed as a specialized profession. Teachers have been around for millions of years providing students with the proper education. Nursing is a better career choice than teaching is. Every student needs continuing education preparation to have any type of college degree. Students who become interested in nursing may want to become registered nurses or licensed practical
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Degree in Nursing versus a Baccalaureate in Nursing Degree, we can see some similarities with both. At the end of each successfully accomplished program; it will allow you to sit and take the (NCLEX-RN) which is the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses. This will be able to get your licensure and work in the healthcare field with your learned educational and clinical skills. In 1952 the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) was first begun, during to the nursing shortage. Mildred
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Annotated Bibliography Strickland, D. (1996, July). Applying Watson's Theory for Caring Among Elders. Gerontological Nursing, 22(2). This article was about the elderly living in a retirement center and how volunteers came in and did an experiment using Jean Watson’s theory of caring and also a format called the Laughing spirit listening circles. During this experiment they gathered 6 elderly women to share their stories of the past, just listening and caring about what they had to say
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and BSN nurses can work as registered nurses, but there are differences in their competencies. Nursing went through many evolutionary process of formal education. Florence Nightingale, Mary Adelaide Nutting bought revolutionary changes in nursing with the importance of education. Following Word war-II due to acute shortage of nurse, Mildred Montag created 2 year associate degree in nursing. It was a temporary solution and ADN‘s were working as “technical nurses” . As it was less expensive
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1 The Future of Nursing Cathleen Atkins Grand Canyon University September 16th, 2012 The Future 2 The future of healthcare is dependent upon the role nurses play in the care of the patient. A committee was formed between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine to address the needs of reformation of nursing. The purpose of the study was multifold. The study looked at ways to reform our healthcare system to meet the challenges of safe, quality patient care while
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