EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE
Unit 6
Educational Trends:
- Knowledge expansion; use of technology, informatics, and the internet
o Ability to create, access, and disseminate information rapidly
o Communication at internet speed
o Use of chat rooms, blogs, online sources
o Distance learning opportunities
o Addition of smart phones
o Required for information-intensive nursing practice
o Computerized testing NCLEX
- Practice-based Competency Outcomes
o Purpose of study/target to be reached
o Actually learn how to think like a nurse
o Outcomes brought by actions to implement, integrate, plan, and conduct
o Can become stressful (clinical practice)
o Promotes patient safety and effective care
- Sociodemographic, Cultural Diversity, and Economics and Political Changes
o Aging population
o Diverse 3 use of traditional practitioners and treatments
o Illegal immigrants
o Poverty, homelessness, and uninsured
o Violence in homes, schools, and public places
o Epidemics 3 opioid, obesity
o Suicide
o Nontraditional families
o Disrespect for others (NOT tolerated = treat everyone equally)
- Patient-centered Care: Engagement, Safety, and Privacy
o Giving care -> working with (allow patients the choice of treatment/etc.)
o Zero room for medical errors lead to competency-based performance examinations for
nurses to protect patients
- Shortage of Nurses and Faculty
o Inadequate clinical staff
▪ Lowers quality of care
▪ Contributes to stress and burnout
o Qualified students denied admission
o Limited replacements
, Nursing Education Programs:
- Licensed Practical Nurse/Technical Nurse
o 9-12 months in school
o Restricted practice
o Supervised by RN or physician
o Limited work in critical care
o Technical skills
o NCLEX-PN
- Hospital or Diploma Nurse
o Most traditional RN programs
o Nightingale program
o Hospital-based learning experience
o NCLEX-RN
- Associate Degree Programs
o Community and junior colleges (~2 years)
o Basic technical care in RN position (low restriction)
o NCLEX-RN
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
o 4-year degree program
o Professional practice
o Research, leadership, management, and statistics
o First program invented at Yale in 1924
o NCLEX-RN
- Master of Science in Nursing
o Areas of specialty
▪ Nursing Education
▪ Health Care Administration
▪ Advanced Nurse Practitioners
▪ Clinical Nurse Leader
Flexible Education:
- Distance mobility programs
- Makes it possible for experienced adult learners to earn many degrees
- <Classroom without Walls=
- Excelsior College
o World leader in distance learning
o Founded in 1971
o New York Board of Regnants
- University of Phoenix Online
Unit 6
Educational Trends:
- Knowledge expansion; use of technology, informatics, and the internet
o Ability to create, access, and disseminate information rapidly
o Communication at internet speed
o Use of chat rooms, blogs, online sources
o Distance learning opportunities
o Addition of smart phones
o Required for information-intensive nursing practice
o Computerized testing NCLEX
- Practice-based Competency Outcomes
o Purpose of study/target to be reached
o Actually learn how to think like a nurse
o Outcomes brought by actions to implement, integrate, plan, and conduct
o Can become stressful (clinical practice)
o Promotes patient safety and effective care
- Sociodemographic, Cultural Diversity, and Economics and Political Changes
o Aging population
o Diverse 3 use of traditional practitioners and treatments
o Illegal immigrants
o Poverty, homelessness, and uninsured
o Violence in homes, schools, and public places
o Epidemics 3 opioid, obesity
o Suicide
o Nontraditional families
o Disrespect for others (NOT tolerated = treat everyone equally)
- Patient-centered Care: Engagement, Safety, and Privacy
o Giving care -> working with (allow patients the choice of treatment/etc.)
o Zero room for medical errors lead to competency-based performance examinations for
nurses to protect patients
- Shortage of Nurses and Faculty
o Inadequate clinical staff
▪ Lowers quality of care
▪ Contributes to stress and burnout
o Qualified students denied admission
o Limited replacements
, Nursing Education Programs:
- Licensed Practical Nurse/Technical Nurse
o 9-12 months in school
o Restricted practice
o Supervised by RN or physician
o Limited work in critical care
o Technical skills
o NCLEX-PN
- Hospital or Diploma Nurse
o Most traditional RN programs
o Nightingale program
o Hospital-based learning experience
o NCLEX-RN
- Associate Degree Programs
o Community and junior colleges (~2 years)
o Basic technical care in RN position (low restriction)
o NCLEX-RN
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
o 4-year degree program
o Professional practice
o Research, leadership, management, and statistics
o First program invented at Yale in 1924
o NCLEX-RN
- Master of Science in Nursing
o Areas of specialty
▪ Nursing Education
▪ Health Care Administration
▪ Advanced Nurse Practitioners
▪ Clinical Nurse Leader
Flexible Education:
- Distance mobility programs
- Makes it possible for experienced adult learners to earn many degrees
- <Classroom without Walls=
- Excelsior College
o World leader in distance learning
o Founded in 1971
o New York Board of Regnants
- University of Phoenix Online
