Differences in Competencies: The Associate-Degree Level versus the Baccalaureate-Degree Level in Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V | Nursing History‚ Theories‚ and Conceptual Model 06/09/2013 Differences in Competencies: The Associate-Degree Level versus the Baccalaureate-Degree Level in Nursing Current trends in healthcare are leading to more complex‚ advanced patient care and needs. Hospitals and patient services are now in need of highly skilled‚ trained‚ and educated professionals
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Differences in Competencies between Baccalaureate and Associate degree levels in Nursing October‚ 28 2012 A Registered nurse is a healthcare professional who artfully delivers care with compassion‚ caring and respecting a client’s dignity. Nurses play the role of caregiver‚ to help clients regain health and achieve optimal level of independent function through the healing process. They use the nursing process measures and critical thinking skills together with other employees of healthcare‚ to
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I. SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE CORE COMPETENCY 1: Demonstrate knowledge based on health/illness status of individual/ groups Indicators : ○ Identifies health needs of patients/groups ○ Explains patient/group status CORE COMPETENCY 2: Provides sound decision making in care of individual/groups considering their beliefs‚ values Indicators : ○ Problem identification ○ Data gathering related to problem ○ Data analysis ○ Selection appropriate action ○ Monitor progress of action
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assessing and teaching a student will help the future development with in the mentor or practice teacher role. In order to achieve this teaching session‚ educational theories. The formulation of a lesson plan wills be included focusing on my objectives rational for my action. In assessment session a brief Introduction will be given on relevant theories‚ concepts and principles of assessment in practice with further discussion of the assessment process. Assessing a student in clinical area will
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INCORRECT This score is not correct. B) 9. INCORRECT This score is not correct. C) 7. CORRECT One point each is deducted for acrocyanosis (blue hands and feet)‚ a slow weak cry and grimacing. D) 8. INCORRECT This score is not correct. 4. Which action should the nurse take prior to weighing the infant? A) Provide a pacifier.
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Staffing Levels on Nursing Quality and Care In recent years‚ the healthcare industry has seen a significant decline in the quality of patient care it provides. This has been the result of reduced staffing levels‚ overworked nurses‚ and an extremely high nurse to patient ratio. The importance of nurse staffing in hospital settings is an issue of great controversy. Too much staff results in costs that are too great for the facility to bear‚ but too little staffing results in patient care that is
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Nursing Competencies GCU Nursing Competencies The first school of nursing in the United States was the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing‚ founded in 1873. The Bellevue offered a Baccalaureate degree in Nursing with principles of nursing established by Florence Nightingale. In later years‚ the Associate-degree in nursing was formed by Mildred Montag‚ to help with the nursing shortages in WWII. “In the mid 1900’s an Associate-degree level nurse was thought of as a “technical nurse”
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Madalina Grace Biggins OUA ID: 857374 The reduction of maternal and newborn morality and morbidity continues to be an elongated and unconquered challenge to human development. (WHO 2011) Each year‚ more than 50‚000 women endure life-capturing complications of pregnancy and or childbirth‚ and more than 3 million babies pass away during the first fragile week of their new life. (WHO 2011) It is not surprising‚ then‚ that many pregnancy related guides and manuals for the awaiting mother-to-be directly
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Nursing Education and Competency The purpose of this paper is to explore the different paths of education to become a registered nurse. Specially‚ to examine the educational tracks of the Associate Degree nurse and the Baccalaureate Degree nurse. The question at hand is how do these educational paths differ in the level of competency? First‚ I will show the difference in educational structure and then examine how these relate to the competency of the nurse following completion of each program
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development of nursing educational curriculum based on the need of the stakeholders which reflects to satisfy the individual patient as well as community in delivery of healthcare. Nursing educators are prepared to be a ‘change agent’ in healthcare system by their knowledge and skills‚ from innovative education experience and research outcomes. To effectively function as a change agent and leader to facilitate the activity certain criteria are described in Nursing Core Competencies. The novice educators
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