N100-2 Nursing Education
Doctoral Programs
-1) The doctor of philosophy (PhD) for those interested in research -2) the DNS or DNSc for those interested in advanced clinical nursing practice -3) the doctor of nursing (ND) for those with BS or higher degrees in non-nursing fields who want to pursue a career in nursing leadership. -4) The doctor of nursing practice (DNP) preparation for contemporary advanced nurse practitioners.
Clinical Nurse Leader
-A master's-prepared generalist clinician, not an advanced practice nurse, who oversees the care coordination of a distinct group of patients, evaluates patient outcomes, and has the decision-making authority to change care plans when necessary. -A CNL is a leader in the health care delivery system with expertise in quality improvement and cost-effective resource utilization.
Flexible Education Mobility
-Distance or mobility programs include those for LPN or LVN to ADN and BSN; diploma and ADN graduates to BSN and MSN; and BSN to MSN and doctoral programs. -Excelsior college -Career ladder programs designed as "1 plus 1" or "2 plus 2" options have been offered for many years by some schools and through several statewide programs. -AACN and other organizations vigorously support the BSN for "entry into practice" and the professionalization of nursing. -AACN reported 235 accelerated BSN programs and 63 accelerated master's programs available at nursing schools nationwide.
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
-Established in the late 1800s, nurse anesthesia is recognized as the first clinical nursing specialty. -Sing WWI, nurse anesthetists have been the principal anesthesia providers in combat areas of every war in which the US has been involved.
Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Programs
-In 1924, Yale University offered the first separate department of nursing whose graduates earned the baccalaureate degree. -Around 1923-24 a true 4-year nursing (BSN) degree program opened at Western Reserve University -They also require courses such as research, management, leadership, and statistics.
Masters Degree Nursing Programs
-In the 1960s and 1970s the number of BSN graduates increased but so did the need for more qualified clinicians, educators, and administrators in response to the complexity of health care.
Associate Degree Programs
-In the late 1950s, a very different trend in nursing education emerged in response to social, political, and educational changes in society and to a growing shortage of RNs. -Congress made funds available to publicly funded community colleges that offered 2-year associate degree programs in many technical fields. -Was another "first" in nursing and an important part of the evolving professionalization of nursing as a discipline. -Now the majority of RNs are ADN graduates.
Knowledge Expansion and Use of Technology and the Internet
-Information is growing exponentially on a global level. -Informatics has become a major part of education and practice. -Ability to create, access, and disseminate unlimited information rapidly has enormous benefits. -From e-mails to complex research documents and telemedicine across the globe, students are communicating more frequently, with more contacts and at internet speed; multiple digital chat rooms, blogs, and social network systems are used in nursing education. -The internet creates opportunities for distance-learning students, from local to global sites, to participate in networks, team projects, and research that expand the understanding of universal health needs and culture differences. -In addition to laptops, other mobile digital technologies, such as personal digital assistants, MP3 players, and increasingly versatile smart phones, help students, faculty, and nurses access data and thus reduce stress and errors.
Nurse practitioner
-Nurse practitioners engage in advanced practice in a variety of specialty areas, such as family, adult, pediatric, geriatric, women's health, school health, occupational health, mental health, emergency, and acute care. -take patient histories; conduct physical examinations; order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests; and prescribe pharmacologic agents, treatments, and therapies for the management of patient conditions.
Certified Nurse-Midwife
-Primary care providers of women's health care, focusing on pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, care of the newborn, and the family planning and gynecologic needs of women.
Practice-Based Competency Outcomes
-Specify expected results -Measurable results of times and effort spent in learning -Purpose of study and education -Convert the meaning of content objectives to actions that nurses actually do, such as implement, integrate, plan, or conduct. -Validation of competencies often causes anxiety and stress in some students, faculty, nurses, and others, but they are a major incentive to promote patient safety and effective care
Hospital Diploma Programs
-The oldest, most traditional type of program that prepares for RN licensure. -Followed the Nightingale model and began as training programs taught by physicians, usually only several weeks in length. -By the mid-1900s programs were 3 years in length and had fairly uniform courses and clinical hours. -At their peak from 1950 to 1960, more than 1300 diploma programs were operational. By 2012, only 64 diploma schools remained.
Shortage of Nurses and Faculty
-The shortage and aging of nurses and nurse educators is a trend that has precipitated serious issues for students, teachers, and health care consumers. -Study in Sweden shows that supervision is an effective method to guide student personal and professional growth along with informing management and preceptors of student development. -New methods are created in partnership with agencies to promote more effective clinical learning opportunities for students with overburdening staff. -Well-qualified applicants are being denied admission to schools of nursing. -Some schools are expanding enrollments by using more part-time, adjunct, and clinical faculty and by expanding the use of online courses and simulations.
Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Nurse Administrator or Nurse Executive
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Education Trends
Shifts in conditions and concerns that emerge from and influence various aspects of society; broad changes in the US and the world that influence the education and practice of nurses and other providers.
Competency Outcomes
The results, or end products, of planned study and experience that are focused on specific abilities required for practice.
Licensed Practical Nurse Programs
Usually 9-12 months
