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MAJOR TYPES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
LPN/LVN |
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LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE/VOCATIONAL NURSE
9 TO 12 MONTHS LONG
FOCUSED ON TECHNICAL ASPECTS |
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MAJOR TYPES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
HOSPITAL DIPLOMA PROGRAMS
LINDA RICHARDS |
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Definition
LINDA RICHARDS -FIRST GRADUATE IN 1873
BEGAN MOVEMENT OF NURSES TEACHING AND SUPERVISING
PORGRAM 1-2 YEARS IN LATE 1800S THAN CHANGED TO 3 CALENDER YEARS OF PRACTICE AND STUDY
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
PROGRAM BEING PHASED OUT & HAVE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO GIVE ASSOCIATE DEGREE
2008 ONLY 75 PROGRAMS REMAINED |
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ASSOCIATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
MAJOR TYPES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS |
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DEVELOPED IN THE 1950S
REQUIRED 2 YEARS ACADEMIC STUDY & 2 SEMESTERS LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
LARGEST % OF NURSES ARE ADN'S |
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MAJOR TYPES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
BACCALAUREATE |
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Definition
OPENED IN 1909 AT UNIVERSIT OF MINNESOTA AS DIPLOMA UNDER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE; DID NOT RESULT IN COLLEGE DEGREE
1924 YALE OFFERED THE FIRST BSN DEGREE
REQUIRE 2 YEARS ARTS AND SCIENCES AND YEARS OF NURSING AND COMPLETION OF 126 TO 136 CREDITS
2008 ABOUT 610 GENERIC, 621 RN-BSN, AND 218 ACCELERATED BSN PROGRAMS WERE AVAILABLE |
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MAJOR TYPES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
MASTERS DEGREE |
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Definition
BECAUSE OF INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF HEALTH CARE
SHORTAGE OF MASTERS AND DOCTORATE PREPARED NURSES
HEALTH ADMENDMENT ACT OF 1956-EDUCATION FUNDS FOR RNS TO PREPARE FOR TEACHING, SUPERVISION AND ADMINISTRATION
NURSE PRACTICE ACT OF 1964 - CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR NURSING SCHOOL & FUNDS FOR TRAINEESHIPS
MOST MSN PROGRAMS PREPARE ADVANCED NURSE PRACTIONERS AND CLINICAL SPECIALIST |
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MOST REQUIRE BSN FOR ADMISSION
RN TO MSN
VANDERBUILT & UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
BACHELORS DEGREE IN ANY FIELD TO MSN
YALE, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS |
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MAJOR TYPES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
DOCTORAL DEGREE PROGRAMS |
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MAJOR CHANGES IN LAST 4 YEARS
ONLY PROGRAM WAS OFFERED BY TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND FIRST GRADUATE WAS 1932 WITH AN EDD
NOW DOCTOR OF NURSING SCIENCE DEGREE (DNS, DNSC)
EDD DECLINED AND DNS INCREASED TO MORE THAN 50 |
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MAJOR TYPES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS
DOCTORAL DEGREE OPTIONS |
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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY - RESEARCH & GENERATING NEW KNOWLEDGE
DOCTOR OF NURSING SCIENCE - ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE
DOCTORATE IN CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE - ADVANCED CLINICAL NURSING PRACTICE AND CLINICAL LEADERSHIP |
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FLEXIBLE EDUCATION MOBILITY AND DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMS
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Definition
EXTERNAL DEGREE MODEL - EARN ADN AND BSN WITHOUT ATTENDING CLASS
(EXCELSIOR COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX ONLINE)
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