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By Leslie Neal-Boylan
Many school contributors fight as they watch scholars who have been winning at school turn into discouraged upon getting into medical perform. The questions turn into, "Who is failing?" and "What will be performed to higher organize novoice nurses for the truth of ultra-modern nursing field?"
writer and educator Leslie Neal-Boylan asks tough questions on why scholars who be triumphant academically might fail in nursing jobs. either school contributors and scholars will locate perception and strategies for bridging the distance among nursing university and the realities of perform and the occupation.
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It is perhaps a disservice to students that nursing schools don’t provide more of these experiences while students are in school. Another nurse argued that clinical assignments while in school could be arranged differently to better prepare the nurse: I wish in our last year we actually took whole assignments and worked side-by-side with a nurse from the hospital where we did our clinicals. Ten students to one instructor makes it hard to do the job the primary nurse actually does. Instead, we became glorified CNAs who could give meds.
Many nurses with baccalaureate degrees viewed their preparation as adequate for their new roles. Some nurses said they felt better prepared to practice nursing with the BSN than they had with the ADN. Said one, “This time I was prepared. ” Another nurse explained the differences: I’ve been in the nursing profession for 22 years and have seen many changes taking place in my clinical practice over the years. Going through an accelerated RN to BSN program has enhanced the way in which I practice as well as facilitated my understanding of why change is needed in the nursing profession.
Going through an accelerated RN to BSN program has enhanced the way in which I practice as well as facilitated my understanding of why change is needed in the nursing profession. The nursing professional standards have been elevated to a higher level, 38 The Nurse’s Reality Gap and this has fostered nurses to become more involved in the practice of evidence-based research. Nurses are given opportunities to think “outside the box” and find ways to improve the delivery of care that are safe and cost effective.