Defining Roles and Scope of Practice: Doctorate of Nursing Practice and Registered Nurse Doctorate of Nurse Practitioners’ (DNP) like Registered nurses’ (RN) practice under their own individual, unique and specialized licenses. As more DNP graduate and practice in various specialties the lines between RN and DNP blur. While both operate to ensure the wellness of their patients, they each have their own vital and unique role in the healthcare system. Doctorate Nurse Practitioner Defined American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2011) illustrates that Doctoral programs of nursing are divided into two different types: research-focused and practice focused.
Comparison Both baccalaureate degree and associate degree in nursing play an important role in patient care but in two different ways. The associate nurses are practically very involved with patient bed side care. The associate nurses administer medications, do the treatment and very involved with discharge teaching. The baccalaureate degree nurses will go deeper in patient education and care plans. Baccalaureate degree nurse (BSN): a nurse with a four year academic degree offered from senior colleges and universities that include general education requirements along with courses that provide a broad liberal arts background in addition to clinical nursing courses (Gooding, 2005).
Nursing Theorist Assignment Brenda Cornman 403/Theories and Models of Nursing Practice 3/12/2012 Shoni Davis Nursing Theorist Assignment I have chosen Dorothea Orem’s Theory of Self Care because it is a theory that can be applied to almost any instance or type of nursing. Having worked for HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital and now Kindred Hospital where a great portion of our patients are transitioning from the hospital setting with a higher level of involvement by doctors and nurses in their daily care to home where they will be responsible to take care of themselves. I became inclined to learn more about Ms Orem’s theory which centers on a person’s ability to care for their self and very applicable to the healthcare settings I have been involved in. Dorothea Orem was a nurse from Baltimore Maryland. Ms Orem began her career with a nursing diploma from the Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington D.C. sometime in the 1930’s.
Many hospitals are requiring nurses to have a BSN degree to decrease mortality rates in patients and improve patient care. In a article written in 2013 by the American Association of College of Nursing, nurses who pose a BSN lower mortality rates, fewer medication errors, and positive outcomes are all linked to nurses prepared at the Baccalaureate level. In October 2010, the Institute of Medicine released The Future of Nursing, which stated that in a couple of years there will be a increase of eighty percent of nurses who will possess a BSN. There is a demand for BSN nursing due to evolving health care system ad meet the changing needs of the patients and nurses must achieve a higher level of education. Patients deserve a well educated nurse.
Three years later she completed the baccalaureate nursing program with honors. She took her first nursing job at the University of Kentucky Hospital working in the trauma intensive care unit. By working in this critical care setting, she learned an immense deal of knowledge, critical thinking, collaboration, and the necessary decision making skills to become a more effective nurse. In this position, she also learned that the patients look up to the nurse not only to treat them but to educate and provide support to them and their family members. After being a nurse and working in this area for six years, she then contemplated of taking her education to the next level.
Associate Degree Nurses vs Bachelor Degree Nurses Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-0501 April 19, 2015 The digressions in the competency of nurses with an associate-degree in nursing and a bachelor-degree in nursing might be puzzling due to the various educational pathways available to become a nurse. Understanding the history of the varied programs available aid in a better understanding of factors that influence nursing education. Nursing programs at all levels offer multiple programs that will offer a student one or more nursing credentials (Creasia, J.L. & Friberg, E., 2011). Nurse leaders have always argued the importance of higher education for nurses.
The field of nursing is a prime example of the necessity to insure that all professionals in the field are up to date and competent to perform their increasingly more complex duties. Health care organizations do this on an annual basis through the means of requiring annual competency assessments. Lee Memorial Health Systems performs this competency assessment for the majority of their Registered nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses with a yearly “Skills Fair” which, from this writer’s perspective, has become a redundant
On my unit and several of my classmates units there were many graduate nurses that were working closely with preceptors. The Harris Health System Graduate Nurse Internship Program is an evidence-based and organizationally constructed program whose goals include best-practice guidelines aimed at supporting new graduate transition to practice. The program is a 12-month program is designed to provide a collaboration of education and practice aimed at providing new graduates planned practice experiences with qualified nurses who have received formal training in their role as preceptor. I saw numerous examples where the preceptors help support the new graduate transition to practice. I have also been provided with a preceptor that will help grow and expand my knowledge and skills.
| 1 | The Differences in Competencies between ADN vs. BSN Mary P. Tharakan Grand Canyon University: NRS- 430V January 13, 2013 Mary, your paper is very informative. A few areas for improvement are noted in the paper. The vigorous, standardized education gives the knowledge, values and skills needed for a layperson to become a competent nursing professional (Lindeman, 2000). The challenging nature of today’s healthcare system has led many nursing leaders to believe the necessity for all the nurses to have a baccalaureate degree which will help them to cope with the increased use of technologies at work, as well as the societal changes and shift from acute to community based settings (Speziale & Jacobson, 2005). In United
Papathanassoglou, (2011) suggest: Some countries, including the USA, the UK and Canada, have been developing ANP roles for decades, whereas, in other countries, including many Mediterranean and central European countries, the development of ANP roles in its infancy (p.55). As the role continues to evolve locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally nurses are stepping up and providing safe quality care to their patients. By showing an impact on patient outcomes using evidence based practice along with their skills to provide patients with a quality continuum of care. Conclusion From the beginning of 1965 when the role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner was first implemented “nurses have been undertaking tasks and assuming responsibilities traditionally associated with medicine” (Dalton, 2012, p.48). Over the years things have changed where the Advanced Practice Nurse is much needed to continue with providing patients with a quality, safe, and continuum of care.