N108: Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse

N108: Transition to the Registered Professional Nurse Role Study Guide of 171 1.17 Chapter One Unit Review This section is 30% of the final exam. In today’s healthcare delivery system, the nurse needs to understand the complexities of modern nursing. To achieve this, the nurse should examine the history and evolution of nursing and the contributing forces that influence nursing. One of these factors is world events. The profession can be traced to the early Christian era when nurses cared for the sick. During the Reformation, the need to care for the ill resulted in the creation of the Sisters of Charity and the Sisters of Mercy. Florence Nightingale was an influential nurse during the Crimean War. The demand for nursing increased during World War I, which led to the creation of the Army Nurse and Navy Nurse Corps. World War II introduced the Cadet Nurse Corps to accommodate the need for nurses. Associate degree graduates are essential contributors to any healthcare team. The AD graduate must successfully complete a program designed to graduate a fully functional registered nurse. AD nurses are competent to provide care, manage care, and be a contributing member of the discipline. Mildred Montag was influential in the creation of the AD nursing program. She proposed the structure of the academic program for the AD nurse and correctly predicted the popularity of the program. Several nursing leaders contributed to the development of the profession, including Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton, Virginia Henderson, Mary Mahoney, Mildred Montag, and Melinda Ann Richards. Nursing studies that influenced nursing practice include the Goldmark Report of 1923, the ANA Position Paper, and Reforming Healthcare Workforce Regulations. Nursing organizations, like the ANA, ICN, NLN, and AAN, have had a significant impact on the development of nursing. Associate degree nurses work in various organizational settings, including primary nursing, team nursing, and functional nursing by working in collaboration with BSN nurses and diploma nurses. There are strengths and weaknesses for each of these structures. In order to achieve competence in practice, the AD nurse must develop various strategies in practice. Examples of these strategies include effective communication techniques, group process and group decision making, critical thinking, delegation, the ability to lead as well as the ability to understand, and how to implement conflict management principles. ©2017 Achieve Test Prep Page 56

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