Adn vs Bsn
Competency Difference Between Adn and Bsn Level of Nursing
Running Head: COMPETENCY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADN AND BSN LEVEL OF NURSING
Competency difference between ADN and BSN level of Nursing
Presented to Professor Mandy Sheriff
By
Marlene Holmes
Grand Canyon University: NRS-430-102
November 4, 2012
Competency difference between ADN and BSN level of Nursing
This paper will look at the competencies between the Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN), and the Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) as it relates to the educational requirements for both programs. It will also discuss a patient care scenario where both nursing disciplines provide nursing care or the approach in the decision making process based on educational preparation of the nurse.
When we speak of where the nursing profession is heading in the future, we must take a look at our past in order to fully understand current practices. Originally, nursing was not seen as a “profession” it was a job for the undesirables (Friberg & Creasia, 2010). The undesirable were men and woman who would help the sick, poor and abandoned individual and nurse the sick back to health. It was not until the 1800’s when Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, helped to change the way things were being done in military hospital as it relates to taking care of the sick. She fought for sanitary changes in the hospitals as well as educational advancement for nursing practices (Friberg & Creasia , 2010). In the 1860’s Nightingale established the Diploma School of Nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in London (Friberg & Creasia, 2010, pg.4) to educate nurses on better practices in the nursing field.
Building on Florence Nightingale’s accomplishments in nursing Mildred Montag created the two year diploma programs in the 1900’s (Friberf & Creasia, 2010) . This program enrolled nursing students in a Diploma Hospital program or junior college program to obtain a degree in about two to three years and was called
Running Head: COMPETENCY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADN AND BSN LEVEL OF NURSING
Competency difference between ADN and BSN level of Nursing
Presented to Professor Mandy Sheriff
By
Marlene Holmes
Grand Canyon University: NRS-430-102
November 4, 2012
Competency difference between ADN and BSN level of Nursing
This paper will look at the competencies between the Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN), and the Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) as it relates to the educational requirements for both programs. It will also discuss a patient care scenario where both nursing disciplines provide nursing care or the approach in the decision making process based on educational preparation of the nurse.
When we speak of where the nursing profession is heading in the future, we must take a look at our past in order to fully understand current practices. Originally, nursing was not seen as a “profession” it was a job for the undesirables (Friberg & Creasia, 2010). The undesirable were men and woman who would help the sick, poor and abandoned individual and nurse the sick back to health. It was not until the 1800’s when Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, helped to change the way things were being done in military hospital as it relates to taking care of the sick. She fought for sanitary changes in the hospitals as well as educational advancement for nursing practices (Friberg & Creasia , 2010). In the 1860’s Nightingale established the Diploma School of Nursing at St. Thomas Hospital in London (Friberg & Creasia, 2010, pg.4) to educate nurses on better practices in the nursing field.
Building on Florence Nightingale’s accomplishments in nursing Mildred Montag created the two year diploma programs in the 1900’s (Friberf & Creasia, 2010) . This program enrolled nursing students in a Diploma Hospital program or junior college program to obtain a degree in about two to three years and was called
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