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staff, the skill level of the nursing staff, and the education/certification of nursing staff” (ANA, 2015). These

There are nine provisions included in the ANA code of ethics. The provisions can be broken into three categories. The first category is the nurse’s ethical responsibilities to her patient which is provisions one through three. Second is the nurse’s obligation to herself, provisions four through six. The third ethical requirement for nurses is related to their relationship to the nursing profession, community, nation, and world overall. This focus is summarized in provisions seven through nine [ (American Nurses Association, 2013) ].

The National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act (2015) purpose is to amend the public health service act to establish direct care registered nurse to-patient staffing ration requirements in hospitals and for other purposes. It was

The Difference and covering amongst doctors and nurses have fundamentally the same as parts. The situation expresses that the credentialing procedure is similar with regards to nurses and physicians. The parts of the credentialing board of trustees included the presence of benefits for troublesome suppliers. It depended on disturbing examples of practices or impedance with giving great and quality patient care. The Infection Committee handles the credentialing for doctors. The state nurture authorizing board handles the permitting for medical attendants either proficient or common sense. The credentialing procedure plans to assess the competency of the candidates to decide if they are fit the bill for an arrangement to the therapeutic staff.

10). In the past, many individuals could claim to know how to care for patients and get jobs as nurses or portray nurses in the field, however today that is impossible. Nurses are required to pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) to practice in healthcare. The NCLEX-RN examination determines whether an individual is qualified to practice nursing safely (Catalano, 2015, p. 101). In order to be eligible to take the NCLEX, all potential candidates must successfully complete an accredited diploma, associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree program. “According to recent data published by the National League of Nursing (NLN), approximately 100 accredited diploma programs in the United States” (Catalano, 2015,

Five of these entities include the individual nurse, employers of nurses, the nursing profession, boards of nursing, and nurse educators. Each state has a state board on nursing. Each state board of nursing belongs to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN). The NCSBN is one such regulatory agency whose mission it is to provide leadership to advance regulatory excellence for nursing practice (NCSBN, 2006). Nursing educators develop competency in students through the use of curriculum content including findings from current research, through evaluation of student performance, and as role models for students (Exstrom, 2001). Ensuring nursing competence is a combined partnership among all the above stated entities. As educators in higher educational settings, they are required to teach the curriculum which will produce competent nurses whom are eligible to sit for and attempt to pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) exam. The educator is ultimately guided by the state board of nursing and subsequently the NCSBN to uphold the criteria necessary for the student to graduate and be considered competent. Educators can collaborate with the NCSBN's education department to help with mentoring, curriculum review, and graduate transition.

The NLN states their mission as follows: “The National League for Nursing promotes excellence in nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce to advance the health of our nation and the global community (Overview, n.d.).” There are four goals that outline NLN’s mission statement. The first is to be leaders in nursing education by developing a strong impact and recognition as the leader in nursing education (Overview, n.d.). Secondly, NLN desires to have a strong commitment to its members by providing a “diverse, sustainable, member-led organization” that aligns its efforts with their core values (Overview, n.d.). Thirdly, being a voice for nurse educators by supporting their interests in political, academic and professional settings (Overview, n.d.). NLN’s final goal is to advance the science of nursing education by promoting “research that generates evidence

This article give me a better understanding about a nursing degree. As I was reading the Paradox of Nursing Regulation article I realized why is it so important for an individual to practice Nursing with a license and without a license. In this essay I am going to summarize the article by talking about the history of nursing licensure, the nursing practice act, some of the recommendations, and some of my suggestions for the problems.

“The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm” (Nightingale 1820-1910). The history of nursing initially begins with Florence nightingale. Before her era nurses had a tarnished reputation (Glasper, 2017). They were poorly educated and incompetent people. Nurses such as Mrs. Bedford Fenwick wanted to change the image of nursing. They did this by leading a campaign for professionalism. Which led to the culminated Nurse Bill receiving is royal assent in December 1919 (Glasper, 2017). July 27, 1921 was the official opening of the nursing register, there are currently 688,927 nurses registered with the NMC (Glasper, 2017). The NMC code has four themes of professionalism, “Prioritizing people, practicing effectively, preserving safety and the promotion of professionalism and trust” (NMC, 2015).

In order to obtain the title of a Registered Nurse, an applicant must complete the required ciriculum. First, one must achieve a Bachelor’s degree in Health Science. The B.S. degree, includes the mandatory prerequsite courses such as, General Biology and Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Internship experience, 36-42 credits in Health Science courses Followed by, 22-28 free elective courses. This accounts for a total of 120 credits equalling to 4 years. If accepted to the Nursing program, the requirments include, Pathophysiology, Toxicology, Pharamacology, and other intense courses. Also, 2 semesters of clinical work mainly in the hospital. Upon completion of these courses there is a lisening exam known as the NCLEX-RN, after

The NACCM defines criteria one as a master’s degree in a field related to care management. These fields include nursing, counseling, psychology, gerontology, rehabilitation, public health, social work and human services. It also includes physical, occupational and marriage and family therapy. In order to be eligible, the candidate must be currently employed in the field of care management. The NACCM will also consider employment experiences accumulated after the earning of a master’s degree within the last 10 years. Criteria one also requires at least two years of full-time care management experience with at least 50 hours of supervision every year.

There has always been a debate on the educational requirements for entry-level nurses; whether beside registered nurses or advanced practice nurses. Continuing education is always time well spent. What’s the big deal with diploma and associate degree nurses being intensely encouraged to obtain their bachelors? In situations similar to the push towards nurses having their bachelors, there is always going to be negativity and conflict. Although most will agree that individuals should have the right to choose what kind of education they want to acquire, does a profession like nursing run into opposition? The profession of nursing is held to high standards. Patients depend on their nurse to give them the best care possible. Through the online research this week it’s been interesting to learn the true importance behind the achievement of a Bachelor of Science in nursing. Through this debate on the educational requirements for entry level registered nurse and advanced nurse practitioners; it would be best to at least have a Bachelor of Science in nursing to provide patients with the best care.

Both the Board of Nursing and National League of Nursing (NLN) documents speak of nursing education as an area of specialty practice within professional nursing. The documents recognize the special set of knowledge and skills that nurse educators hold within their practice. The two documents elude to the contribution nurse educators have on professional development and recognize the professionalism involved within the graduate level of nursing practice (NLN, 2017).

In order for a hospital or facility to gain accreditation from the Joint Commission, there are several areas of requirement that the hospital or facility must meet. Nightingale Community Hospital has met the requirements in the following areas; Accreditation participation requirements, this requirement is important to maintain compliance in this area due to the fact that a this requirement must be maintained throughout the entire time of the hospital having accreditation, Emergency Management, this area of requirement ensures proper safety and security of the hospital, including fire safety, hazardous materials and waste, medical equipment as well as utilities, Human Resources this requirement is referring to the proper handling and hiring

The field of nursing health care is one of the most important things in any given community set up. In the current world, health care sector is under reform simply because there is a wide range of challenges as well as problems that face this industry. Recruitment and retention are the main areas that for long have been affected by different challenges. In the field of nursing health care, retention and recruitment are two things that go together. Administrators in health care field have faced challenges in managing these two aspects. Healthcare system has been unable to retain service providers which are a great risk to those in need of health services. On the other hand, recruitment of employee has turned to be a great challenge simply because of selection criteria and the level of qualification of the employees. This study will look at the challenges of employee recruitment and retention of health care