The U.S. nursing shortage had been a serious issue for quite sometime now and continues to escalate. As the nursing workforce continues to age‚ nurses leave the profession faster than they can be replaced and the crisis continues to grow. Nurses are leaving for different reasons. What is being done to solve the nursing shortage here in the United States? Nursing recruitment and retention is one of many solutions that can alleviate this problem. "Nurses are privileged to belong to a profession
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Ateneo de Davao University School of Nursing _____________________________________________________________________________________ LETTER OF APPROVAL February 16‚ 2013 Patria V. Manalaysay RN‚ MAN‚ PhD Dean‚ School of Nursing Dear Ma’am‚ In line with our thesis research‚ we the group 5 of BSN 3A will be conducting one of the following studies: * “Awareness on health practices and the prevalence of smoking among the 5th year engineering students and 4th year student nurses of Ateneo
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Med-Surg Success A Course Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking Med-Surg Success KATHRYN CADENHEAD COLGROVE RN‚ MS‚ CNS‚ OCN Trinity Valley Community College Kaufman‚ Texas A Course Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking JUDY CALLICOATT RN‚ MS‚ CNS Trinity Valley Community College Kaufman‚ Texas Consultant: Ray A. Hargrove-Huttel RN‚ PhD Trinity Valley Community College Kaufman‚ Texas F. A. Davis Company 1915 Arch Street Philadelphia‚ PA 19103 www.fadavis
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changes in the healthcare. One of the main recommendations of IOM was to increase the percentage or BSNs to 80% by 2020 and encourage more nurses to pursue continue their way to APRNs and DNP to recover the shortage of nurses in these areas. Even though there is no clear data available to prove that nurses holds BSN can perform better than a nurse with ADN‚ it is clear that the bolster knowledge the BSN nurses receives during their 4 year education in the area of community and public health issues‚
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The Institute Of Medicine (IOM) established by National Academy of Sciences is designed to advise the federal government of United States on matters concerning medical care‚ education and research. With the passing of health care legislation called Affordable Care Act‚ (ACA) which focuses on making primary and preventative care more affordable to diverse population of United States‚ the health care system is provided with the opportunity to transform the care delivery by providing a higher quality
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that‚ most registered nurses work as part of a team with physicians and other healthcare specialists. I also found out that some registered nurses oversee licensed practical nurses‚ nursing assistants‚ and home health aides. Some example of what an RN typically do are listed as the following. Set up plans for patients’ care or contribute to existing plans. Teach patients and their families how to manage illnesses or injuries. Administer patients’ medicines and treatments. Record patients’ medical
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Nursing as a Profession The Purpose of this paper is to discuss whether nursing is a profession based on Pavalko’s eight dimensions describing a profession. Firstly‚ we must understand the definition of a profession before one can accurately judge the validation of the nursing profession. According to Webster dictionary‚ the definition of a profession is “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long academic preparation” (Webster dictionary‚ 2008). The nursing profession is one that
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The Call to Nursing Michelle Stuart‚ RN The University of Texas at Arlington In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N3645 Transition to Professional Nursing Mary Wise‚ RN‚ MSN November 18‚ 2012 Online RN-BSN Introduction After seventeen years in the nursing profession I realize each day is a learning experience. As my experiences evolve so do some of my beliefs and values. However‚ I believe nursing at its core has fundamentals that are unwavering. The essence of nursing:
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ALicensed practical nurse (LPN) (also referred to as a Licensed vocational nurse‚ Registered practical nurse‚ Enrolled nurse‚ and State enrolled nurse) works independently or with a Registered nurse. The most significant differentiation between an LPN and RN is
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degree and the nurse with a bachelor degree since the RN licensure test is the identical and both begin their employment with an extended orientation‚ as well as tight supervision? One difference is the amount of education. ADN programs‚ offered by junior or community colleges‚ can be completed in two to three years. BSN programs‚ college or university offered‚ take four years to complete. Time is not the only difference in their schooling. The BSN program places emphasis on general education requirements
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