Download or read book Impact of Associate Degree Nursing Experience on Baccalaureate Degree Attainment written by Catherine Dukat-Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Comparative Effects of Baccalaureate and Associate Degree Educational Programs on the Professional Socialization of Nursing Students written by Rosemary A. Langston and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of Nursing written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly complex health system. At more than 3 million in number, nurses make up the single largest segment of the health care work force. They also spend the greatest amount of time in delivering patient care as a profession. Nurses therefore have valuable insights and unique abilities to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted this year. Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in redesigning care in the United States. To ensure its members are well-prepared, the profession should institute residency training for nurses, increase the percentage of nurses who attain a bachelor's degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number who pursue doctorates. Furthermore, regulatory and institutional obstacles-including limits on nurses' scope of practice-should be removed so that the health system can reap the full benefit of nurses' training, skills, and knowledge in patient care. In this book, the Institute of Medicine makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing.
Download or read book Criteria for the Evaluation of Educational Programs in Nursing Leading to an Associate Degree written by National League for Nursing. Division of Associate Degree Programs and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Effect of Undergraduate Nursing Education Program Type on the Achievement of Critical Thinking Field Dependent independent Thinking Adaptive Style Flexibility and Self esteem written by Anita Jeanne Saint Clair and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is nursing education preparing graduates with the thinking and leadership abilities expected of nurses, as health care and managed care providers, in the new, emerging health care system? The purpose of this research study was three fold: (1) to explore the relationship between nursing preparatory program types, at the diploma, associate degree, and baccalaureate degree level, and the achievement of critical thinking, field dependent-independent thinking, adaptive style flexibility, and self esteem; (2) to determine if the educational environment influenced the achievement of the educational outcomes; and (3) to determine if there was a difference in this environment between the three program types. Using a stratified sampling process, 250 second semester nursing students (130 associate, 54 diploma, and 66 baccalaureate participants) from the three nursing program types in the state of Massachusetts participated in the study. Five standardized instruments were used to assess the five hypotheses related to critical thinking, adaptive style flexibility, field dependent-independent thinking, self esteem, and academic environment. A correlational matrix, three way ANOVA, post hoc t-test, ANCOVA, and regression analysis were used to analyze the hypotheses. The study found no differences between the program types with respect to critical thinking, adaptive style flexibility, and the academic environment in scholarliness, vocational preparation, development of personal and social skills, intellectual skills, and science and technology skills. There were differences between the program types, at the baccalaureate level, with respect to field dependent-independent thinking and the academic environment in developing interpersonal skills and general education experiences. The majority of participants were adult learners, the nursing curricula of the three program types was more similar than dissimilar because of the influence of the NLN accreditation criteria, and the effect of the nursing licensing exam that is the educational outcome measure for all three programs. The lack of differences across the three program types may have been influenced by these three phenomena. Further research is needed to explore these findings.
Download or read book Assessing Progress on the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care profession, with 3 million registered nurses in the United States. Nurses work in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, public health centers, schools, and homes, and provide a continuum of services, including direct patient care, health promotion, patient education, and coordination of care. They serve in leadership roles, are researchers, and work to improve health care policy. As the health care system undergoes transformation due in part to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the nursing profession is making a wide-reaching impact by providing and affecting quality, patient-centered, accessible, and affordable care. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which made a series of recommendations pertaining to roles for nurses in the new health care landscape. This current report assesses progress made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/AARP Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and others in implementing the recommendations from the 2010 report and identifies areas that should be emphasized over the next 5 years to make further progress toward these goals.
Download or read book Nursing Education in Community Junior Colleges written by Bernice E. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Origins and Rise of Associate Degree Nursing Education written by Patricia T. Haase and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Origins and Rise of Associate Degree Nursing Education offers an analytical history of the beginnings and development of associate degree nursing (ADN) programs and the role of the caregivers it produces in the health care system. Nurses may be trained in two-, three-, or four-year programs, but all are eligible to take the accreditation examination to be licensed as registered nurses (RNs). The question of distinguishing between "professional" nurses from bachelor programs and "technical" nurses from the associate degree programs has become an important and controversial issue in nursing. Advocates have long contended that the associate degree nurse is vital to the American health care system. This study, funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, confirms this view. In recent years the Foundation has invested more than $6.1 million in the development of the ADN, awarded by junior and community colleges. Many participants in the ADN projects for the Kellogg Foundation have noted that, despite the importance of the ADN and the controversy about its place in nursing education, the literature is scattered and hard to identity. The Origins and Rise of Associate Degree Nursing Education and the companion bibliography will provide much-needed information to educators, hospital and nursing administrators, nursing leaders, and public policy makers--all of whom must cope with the growing nursing shortage and increasingly difficult issues in health policy and administration.
Download or read book Exploration of Associate Degree Nursing Graduates Progression to the Baccalaureate in Nursing Experiences and Predictive Variables written by Linda Marie Perfetto and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying the post-positivistic framework of Thomas Kuhn, the purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate and explore the educational advancement of associate degree nurses. Community colleges in the United States make quality and affordable higher education accessible to individuals who may not otherwise pursue it. While these institutions attract diverse and talented learners, community colleges make rewarding and life-altering careers a reality for many. For associate degree nurses, this educational opportunity serves as a strong foundation upon which to build a meaningful career. Increased emphasis on the educational advancement of associate degree nurses began with the 2010 Institute of Medicine report on the future of nursing. In order to reach the national goal recommended in the report that 80% of registered nurses be prepared at the minimum of the baccalaureate by 2020, a paradigm shift representing the acceptance of multiple pathways to the baccalaureate needs to occur. Community college faculty and leadership have consistently encouraged the educational advancement of graduates; however, pathways for associate degree nurses to advance educationally have not always been clear and achievable. This dissertation begins with a description of the experiences of associate degree nurses who have attained a baccalaureate degree, continues with an initial analysis of a database designed to track the rate and frequency of the educational advancement of associate degree nurses, and concludes with an analysis of related demographic and academic variables. Adoption of strategies presented here can assist associate degree programs to become more aware of the educational advancement of graduates. In addition, the collection and analysis of these data by associate degree programs can demonstrate their commitment to the goal of the profession to reach 80% baccalaureate preparation by 2020, while supporting the sustainability of the associate degree as an entry level to practice as a registered nurse. Increased awareness of the patterns of educational advancement by associate degree nurses can assist related programmatic planning and policy development.
Download or read book Associate Degree Nursing Education written by Patricia T. Haase and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive listing, from the development of the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) program in 1948 to the present, of all literature related to the ADN program. Any item related to the degree programs and their contributions, the AD nurses, their relation to nurses trained in other programs, and their role in the health care system is included. Published and unpublished items as well as dissertations, research reports and monographs, state and federal government documents, materials issued by state and national nursing groups, journal articles, and books are listed.
Download or read book Criteria for the Evaluation of Educational Programs in Nursing Leading to an Associate Degree written by National League for Nursing. Department of Associate Degree Programs and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Second Step written by Mary Searight and published by F. A. Davis Company. This book was released on 1976 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Data Driven Examination of the Impact of Associate and Bachelor s Degree Programs on the Nation s Nursing Workforce AACC Policy Brief 2011 02PBL written by Roxanne Fulcher and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation relies on both 2- and 4-year institutions of higher education for the majority of its registered nurses (RNs), who are authorized to practice as RNs after achieving either an associate or bachelor's-level nursing degree and passing a national licensure exam. Due to job growth and retirements, the nation is projected to need more than 1 million additional RNs by 2018. Yet, recently, schools of nursing received thousands of qualified applications that could not be processed for enrollment due primarily to a shortage of RNs educated at the graduate level who are prepared to serve as faculty. No national plan is in place to enable schools of nursing to expand enrollments to meet the demands of students or the workforce. Further exacerbating the situation, the nursing profession continues to be fragmented after 50 years of debate focused on whether all RNs should be required to attain bachelor's-level nursing degrees. During these five decades, research has been inconclusive in demonstrating the value of shifting the education of all RNs to the bachelor's level. However, nursing research and practice have demonstrated that the nation depends on the successes of both associate and bachelor's-level schools of nursing, because they contribute individually to collectively building a strong nursing workforce. The most recent data, summarized in this brief, reveal the following: (1) The majority of the nation's new RNs are educated in ADN programs; (2) All schools of nursing teach students the competencies necessary for RN practice, as measured by National Certification Licensing Examination (NCLEX) pass rates; (3) ADN programs provide the nation its greatest number of minority RNs; (4) Employers are equally likely to hire ADN- and BSN- prepared RNs; and (5) ADN programs educate the majority of RNs in rural settings. (Contains 4 figures, 1 table and 8 notes.).
Download or read book Teaching Nursing In An Associate Degree Program written by Rita Girouard Mertig, MS, RNC, CNS, DE and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-09-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical "how to" book for teaching nursing in an associate degree program is for new and not-so-new faculty. Advice gleaned from the author's many years of teaching is presented in a friendly and easy-to-read format, designed to quickly help new faculty get a positive sense of direction. The special issues of AD nursing students -- many have full-time jobs, families, and are more mature than the "traditional" college student -- are given full consideration. Strategies discussed include: What to do during the first class Motivating students Helping the student in crisis Helping students with poor reading, study, and academic skills Helping students with time management
Download or read book Fast Facts about Competency Based Education in Nursing written by Karen K. Gittings, DNP, RN, CNE, CNEcl and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-11-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Competency-based education…provides an avenue to promote institutional accountability, address employer concerns, and assist with student transfer of knowledge and skills.” -Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, PhD, RN, ANEF, FAAN Dean and Professor Duquesne University The first book of its kind, this concise, step-by-step guide written for novice and experienced educators distills all the essentials every nursing instructor needs to know to implement a Competency-Based Education (CBE) curriculum, teach with competencies, and evaluate students’ mastery. Grounded in a learner-centered paradigm, CBE focuses on outcomes and skills rather than relying on time-based training. It facilitates in-depth learning that encompasses all three learning domains — cognitive, skills, and attitudes — guided by the individual pace of each student. Fast Facts about Competency-Based Education in Nursing addresses the theory and practical knowledge needed to teach using CBE. Beginning with how to create competencies that align with student learning outcomes, subsequent chapters show how to integrate them into a new or existing nursing curricula. Next, this quick reference shows how to evaluate and assess students using CBE. Finally, it presents how to implement a system of quality improvement to continuously ensure the competencies produce safe, skilled nurses. Brimming with useful tips based on the authors’ extensive experience and abundant practical examples, this is an incomparable reference for any educator seeking superior, more qualitative student assessment and outcomes. Key Features: Demonstrates in detail how to implement CBE and assess students using CBE Illustrates how to integrate CBE into curriculum using an organizing framework Shares expert teaching/learning tips through Evidence-Based Teaching Boxes Helps educators to develop teaching objectives and real-world application processes Describes specific competency-based education curricula Examines how different learning styles thrive in a CBE learning environment Offers separate chapters for using CBE with BSN, MSN, and DNP students
Download or read book An Evaluation of Registered Nurse Students in a Baccalaureate Nursing Program written by Alice Mitsuye Kuramoto and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Associate Degree Education for Nursing current Issues 1971 written by National League for Nursing. Council of Associate Degree Programs and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
