ADN versus BSN
Grand Canyon University There are many routes lead to the nursing profession. Both associate degree and baccalaureate degree nursing programs provide nursing education to qualify an individual to becoming a registered nurse (RN) once the graduate passes the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). The curriculum of an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) program focuses on the fundamentals of the nursing profession at an entry level, mostly requires two to three years of commitment. It includes but is not limited to the areas of adult nursing, surgical nursing, maternal nursing, mental health nursing, etc, to train prospective nurses to perform nursing tasks in clinical or hospital settings.
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Following a review of more than 420,000 patient records in 300 hospitals spanning nine European countries, findings show that a 10% increase in the proportion of nurses holding a bachelor’s degree in an acute care setting is associated with a 7% decrease in the risk of death in discharged patients following common surgeries (Grand Canyon University, …show more content…
Usually, as a standard post-op order set, surgeons would include diet, incision site dressing care, medications, and Foley catheter removal time. One day morning, a two- day post-op patient was running a fever with an oral temperature of 101.2. The primary nurse was an ADN new graduate; she immediately responded with checking the medication orders and administering the patient a Tylenol 500 mg tablet as indicated. When she rechecked the temperature one hour later, the oral temperature was 100.8. Then, she lowered the room temperature and applied some ice packs. Later, the CNA rechecked the temperature at noon and the fever went up to 102.1 orally. After she learned that, she reported to the charge nurse who was a BSN with two years experience that she was unable to give the next dose of Tylenol due to the indication stated every six hours as needed for fever and it was only four hours from the first one applied. The charge nurse followed the ADN back to reassess the patient from head to toe, including a thorough observation of the incision, drainage, IV access site, antibiotics hanging on the IV pole, and recent post-op activities. With all of the findings within normality, she soon noticed that the patient’s
Grand Canyon University There are many routes lead to the nursing profession. Both associate degree and baccalaureate degree nursing programs provide nursing education to qualify an individual to becoming a registered nurse (RN) once the graduate passes the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). The curriculum of an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) program focuses on the fundamentals of the nursing profession at an entry level, mostly requires two to three years of commitment. It includes but is not limited to the areas of adult nursing, surgical nursing, maternal nursing, mental health nursing, etc, to train prospective nurses to perform nursing tasks in clinical or hospital settings.
“Baccalaureate nursing …show more content…
Following a review of more than 420,000 patient records in 300 hospitals spanning nine European countries, findings show that a 10% increase in the proportion of nurses holding a bachelor’s degree in an acute care setting is associated with a 7% decrease in the risk of death in discharged patients following common surgeries (Grand Canyon University, …show more content…
Usually, as a standard post-op order set, surgeons would include diet, incision site dressing care, medications, and Foley catheter removal time. One day morning, a two- day post-op patient was running a fever with an oral temperature of 101.2. The primary nurse was an ADN new graduate; she immediately responded with checking the medication orders and administering the patient a Tylenol 500 mg tablet as indicated. When she rechecked the temperature one hour later, the oral temperature was 100.8. Then, she lowered the room temperature and applied some ice packs. Later, the CNA rechecked the temperature at noon and the fever went up to 102.1 orally. After she learned that, she reported to the charge nurse who was a BSN with two years experience that she was unable to give the next dose of Tylenol due to the indication stated every six hours as needed for fever and it was only four hours from the first one applied. The charge nurse followed the ADN back to reassess the patient from head to toe, including a thorough observation of the incision, drainage, IV access site, antibiotics hanging on the IV pole, and recent post-op activities. With all of the findings within normality, she soon noticed that the patient’s