The Education of Nursing
The Education of Nursing
Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V
Healthcare is an ever evolving machine, zealously seeking to cure those sickness and diseases that plague the human race. It is a machine with many essential parts that, without them, could not adequately function to fulfill its ultimate purpose. The field of nursing is one of those essential parts, and while its identity and importance in the healthcare field are ever becoming singularly more evident, entry into this ever evolving field appears to be more divided.
There are several levels of entry into the nursing profession. Currently, entry can be obtained by completing one of the three most common educational routes, which are the Nursing Diploma, the Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN), and Baccalaureate in Science of Nursing (BSN) degree levels (Fay Raines, 2008). Survey’s revealed that the Baccalaureate in Science of Nursing degree nurses made up 50% of the work force while Associates Degree in Nursing nurses made up 36.1% and Nursing Diploma nurses were at 13.9% of the workforce (Rosseter, 2012). And what has become apparently clear is the popularity of the collegiately preparedness routes of nursing education.
While the ADN degree in nursing and the BSN degree in nursing are the two most popular ways to gain access into the profession, and the required duties of each are identical, there are still benefits to having one degree versus the other (Joyce Newman Giger, 1990). Although the work for both degree nurses on the floor is technically the same, the educational differences are beginning to set the two degree’s apart when it comes to qualifications and responsibilities in some clinical setting.
Many hospitals are beginning to require that all of their employed nurses be BSN prepared or, enroll in a BSN programs with an expectation to become BSN prepared within a specified period of time. Those nurses that are not eager to return to school are
Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V
Healthcare is an ever evolving machine, zealously seeking to cure those sickness and diseases that plague the human race. It is a machine with many essential parts that, without them, could not adequately function to fulfill its ultimate purpose. The field of nursing is one of those essential parts, and while its identity and importance in the healthcare field are ever becoming singularly more evident, entry into this ever evolving field appears to be more divided.
There are several levels of entry into the nursing profession. Currently, entry can be obtained by completing one of the three most common educational routes, which are the Nursing Diploma, the Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN), and Baccalaureate in Science of Nursing (BSN) degree levels (Fay Raines, 2008). Survey’s revealed that the Baccalaureate in Science of Nursing degree nurses made up 50% of the work force while Associates Degree in Nursing nurses made up 36.1% and Nursing Diploma nurses were at 13.9% of the workforce (Rosseter, 2012). And what has become apparently clear is the popularity of the collegiately preparedness routes of nursing education.
While the ADN degree in nursing and the BSN degree in nursing are the two most popular ways to gain access into the profession, and the required duties of each are identical, there are still benefits to having one degree versus the other (Joyce Newman Giger, 1990). Although the work for both degree nurses on the floor is technically the same, the educational differences are beginning to set the two degree’s apart when it comes to qualifications and responsibilities in some clinical setting.
Many hospitals are beginning to require that all of their employed nurses be BSN prepared or, enroll in a BSN programs with an expectation to become BSN prepared within a specified period of time. Those nurses that are not eager to return to school are