Competencies of the Baccalaureate Prepared Nurse Marie L. Niragira Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing 1. Discuss the general differences between the Associate Degree/Diploma nurse and the Baccalaureate prepared nurse with regards to Provider of Patient-Centered Care as stated in the Competencies. Do some of these differences surprise you? Were you aware that the BON had these differences in competencies in writing? In patient-centered care, the patients are actively
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called and decides to bring this case fort to the ethics committee 1. Information The Nursing Home Administrator Cindy Mackin believes that Mrs. Margie Whitson is at the moment going through a difficult time and is not thinking clearly. So far these last five years for Mrs. Margie Whitson have been difficult. She lost her husband of 68 years of marriage, her son died recently in the same nursing home, and her other child died around his 30s in a motorcycle accident. She is currently completely
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Stakeholders include VANTHCS administrators, team members, HCWs, and Veterans. The program focuses efforts on primary prevention activities including educating HCWs and Veterans on the importance of obtaining vaccination against influenza and providing vaccination at no cost. According
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Glossary…………………………………………………………………10 Acknowledgements………………………………………………….......11 Introduction: This procedure manual will help properly train the staff on how to maintain a medical record. This includes medical office assistants, nursing homes, administrators and medical billing specialist. The reason for the manual is for medical/health record workers to develop and manage the records more effectively and efficiently. After reviewing the manual you should be able to: * Identify functions
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ADN vs. BSN : Difference in Competencies Between Associate-Degree Nurses Versus the Baccalaureate-Degree Level in Nursing Toby John Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V 11/24/13 The profession of nursing in the healthcare setting focuses on the care of individuals, families, and communities so that they may acquire, preserve, or recover optimum quality of life and health. There are many differences in competencies based on the department or specialty the nurse will be working in,
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each program. This paper will focus on the associate degree prepared nurse versus the baccalaureate degree prepared nurse. Baccalaureate nursing programs cover all of the content taught in an associate degree program with the addition of “a more in depth treatment of the physical and social sciences, nursing research, public and community health, nursing management, and the humanities. The additional course work enhances the student’s professional development, prepares the nurse for a broader
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Theorist Selected: Dorothea Orem Description of Theory: This paper will discuss about Orem’s general theory of nursing and major concepts of her theory are person, health, nursing and environment. Orem’s general theory of nursing consists of three parts. Each theory is presented as a set of assumptions and propositions. According to Current Nursing (2012) (i) Theory of self- care includes: self- care means individuals perform activities on their own to maintain life, health, and well-being. Self-
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Applying Ways of Knowing to a Clinical CaseGermaine ShannonUniversity of Central FloridaI was called to the emergency room by one of the nurses working that night. A patient was being discharged home by the emergency room physician, and the patient’s family had requested to speak to the nursing supervisor. When I arrived to the emergency room, the nurse that was taking care of the patient approached me. She pulled me aside, and voiced her concerns. The patient in bed three was sick with a respiratory
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and more about business. The healthcare that was once concerned with quality of patient care, is now concerned with the quantity of dollars received. John Kariben (2017), the executive director of the Michigan Nurses Association, explains that administrators of hospitals are balancing budgets without much thought of what’s going on at the bedside. As a result of this nurses and patients are suffering. Kariben (2017) goes on to describe some of the profit driven cuts, one of the major cuts being nurse
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The Elderly Greene, J. (2013, August). The Denver Hospice. H&HN: Hospital &Health Networks, 87(8), 37-38. This article is about how the Denver hospice has won a lucrative award 2013 Circle of Life Award. What allowed the Denver hospice win this award was there unique program that they come up with in dealing with palliative care. Palliative care is an up and coming method of health care that deals with easing of pain for any stage of someone’s disease. Hospice care only deals with
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