was satisfied with my job and my life as an LPN. I still love my nursing career, but I have come to the realization there are minimal opportunities for advancement. I had no plans of continuing my education in any way. I do have specific goals now. For instance, I have enrolled online at Ashworth College to obtain my associate's degree in healthcare administration. I eventually want to earn a bachelor's degree either in nursing or healthcare administration. Five years ago, I was not going anywhere
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2013 Educational Preparation * BSN means Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing and ADN means Associate Degree in Nursing. Both degrees will qualify a student to take the same NCLEX exam for a practicing license. There are different competency levels in these two programs. BSN is a four year university program with focus on knowledge, theories, research and clinical and an overall emphasis on the entire field of nursing. The program tend to expose the student to human diversity, global perspective
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The discipline or practice of nursing has developed over time and many nursing theorists contributed to the professional practice as we know it today .Theory ,research and applications to clinical practice are symbiotic as new concepts ,practices and empirical data emerge professional practice changes or evolves. During the intuitive period ,people believed that sickness was caused by the invasion of the evil spirits or as a result of anger of the Gods.People used different
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Dynamics NRS-430V January 4, 2013 Competency Differences Between RNs Prepared at ADN Versus BSN Level Nursing education in the United States offers many levels of competency falling under the licensed title of registered nurse (RN). These levels offered in a continuum, begin with nursing as a vocation in the form of licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) followed by an associate degree (ADN), baccalaureate of science degree (BSN), masters
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Contrast in competences between ADN and BSN Nurses To be a professional nurse, one has to complete numerous college classes. Nursing focuses on personalized care behaviors, functions, and processes that have physical, psychocultural, and social significance or meaning. The goal of nursing is to help, support, facilitate, or enable individuals or groups to regain or maintain their health in a way that also puts their culture into consideration and also helps people face handicaps or death (Friberg
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gender. Deficits in any category assessed can pose a great risk on the patient. Because hearing and vision are both sensory functions the following nursing diagnosis applies: risk for injury related to disturbed sensory perception and self care deficit related to disturbed sensory perception. Since height, weight, and BMI are related the following nursing diagnosis applies: risk for disproportionate growth and imbalanced
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The Value of Nurses My Personal Philosophy of Nursing Nursing, as we all know, is a combination of science and art. What I believe most of us forget is that compassion, generosity, patience and respect for mankind are also very important to being an effective nurse. While it is vitally important for nurses to have the knowledge of disease process and the art of finessing skills, it is equally important to be able to see your patient as a whole with needs that are not met by the first two competencies
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Health Promotion: Changing Healthcare Trends A trend recognized in today’s healthcare setting is that of a shift from professional dictation to patient directed healthcare. An emphasis on the treatment of disease, which was highly successful in the past, is not the answer for today's healthcare needs. Today, patient education is the primary focus with the emphasis on prevention of disease by screening for risk factors and encouraging patients to practice behaviors that foster good health. In the
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Heritage Assessment Nurses have been trained to respect the beliefs and cultural choices of others because patient’s cultural beliefs and rituals influence patient care and outcomes (Anderson, 2012). Nurses need to become aware of patients beliefs, values and rituals to ensure competent and safe patient care (Edelman & Greiner, 2010). The heritage assessment is useful because it is an important step in building cultural competency through interviewing the patient and determining the things the patient
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Task 4 Nightingale Community Hospital is preparing for a periodic performance review by The Joint Commission. Prior to The Joint Commission coming to complete its unannounced audit, the commission sends the hospital a handbook of standards guidelines each department of the hospital is expected to meet. The accreditation is a very important process to the daily operations of the hospital. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, (CMS) requires hospital to meet and operate to the accreditation
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