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What Is an Online Associates Degree in Nursing Worth ?

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

An Online Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) prepares you for further studies while you are still working. The associate’s degree in nursing and the clinical experience that you acquire stand you in good stead when you decide to appear for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX).

The ADN is a two year course that allows you to become a registered nurse (RN) without having to acquire a bachelor’s degree. It is not possible for everyone to devote time exclusively to studies and acquire a bachelor’s degree. Hence an online ADN is a great way to traverse the RN-BSN path.

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New Fund in Canada Aims to Create Jobs for Nursing Graduates

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

<meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20070227;22412100" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;0" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>As far as I know, there is no job scarcity for graduating nurses in the United States but I guess the situation is a bit different in Canada.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), the union representing 53,000 registered nurses, hopes that the multi-million-dollar fund announced by <strong>Canadian Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care</strong> will help create permanent jobs for new nursing graduates.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“This is a good thing for Ontario’s nursing graduates,” says Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, ONA President. “We need to bring more registered nurses into our health-care system, and while these are not permanent, full-time positions being created, the announcement does allow new graduates six months of experience on the front lines, which will be invaluable experience for them.”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">For further information: Ontario Nurses’ Association, Sheree Bond, (416) 964-8833, ext. 2430.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=9" title="View all posts in Canada" rel="category tag">Canada</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=10" title="View all posts in Good News" rel="category tag">Good News</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=92#respond" title="Comment on New Fund in Canada Aims to Create Jobs for Nursing Graduates">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-91"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=91" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Falling in love with the nursing profession">Falling in love with the nursing profession</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 26th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/frontpage_lead/story/27553"><strong>PAYSON PEOPLE </strong></a></p> <p class="pennysbyline"><a href="http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/frontpage_lead/story/27553"><strong> By </strong></a><strong><a onclick="window.open('/section/author_info/36', 'AuthorInfo', 'height=400,width=260' + ',screenX=10,screenY=10,' + 'scrollbars,resizable'); return false;">Carol La Valley</a>, Roundup staff reporter</strong></p> <p class="pennysdate">Friday, February 23, 2007</p> <p class="pennysbody"><span class="pennysleadingwords">If you happen to see </span>Garrison Levey reading a thick tome on his lunch hour and you assume it is simply the latest best seller he could not put down, you would be wrong.</p> <table width="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0" align="right"> <tr> <td> </td> <td bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width: 100%; height: 100%"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" border="0"> <tr> <td><img border="0" alt="photo" src="http://www.paysonroundup.com/art/apps/pennynews/1172276909_022307paysonpeopleic.jpg" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><font> <span class="pennyicutline">Garrison and Adrianna Levey</span> </font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p class="pennysbody">The book, “Fundamentals of Psychiatric Mental Health in Nursing” is one of a mountain of 15 texts that mean more to Levey right now than any novel could.</p> <p class="pennysbody">“Friends told me they thought I would make a good nurse,” Levey said.</p> <p class="pennysbody">He was skeptical, but his wife, Adrianna, signed him up for nursing assistant classes.</p> <p class="pennysbody">“I told him, try it, if you don’t like it, drop out,” she said.</p> <p class="pennysbody">“I fell in love with it,” Levey said.</p> <p class="pennysbody"><a href="http://www.paysonroundup.com/section/frontpage_lead/story/27553"><strong>Click here for the rest of this story </strong></a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Inspiration" rel="category tag">Inspiration</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=91#respond" title="Comment on Falling in love with the nursing profession">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-90"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=90" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to A good school nurse is getting harder to find">A good school nurse is getting harder to find</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 26th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><span class="TEXT"><span class="HEADLINE" /><a href="http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/02-07/02-25-07/04local.htm"><strong><span class="DROPHEAD">Salary, strict qualifications limit number of applicants</span></strong></a></span> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=90#respond" title="Comment on A good school nurse is getting harder to find">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-89"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=89" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 4 Things a Nurse Cannot Do Without…">4 Things a Nurse Cannot Do Without…</a></h3> <small>Sunday, February 25th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p>I like this personal meditation about what <strong>the four things in life that a nurse thinks she cannot do without</strong>…</p> <p>“Knowing that there is something bigger outside of myself helps me get through a bad shift. A cornerstone of my life is the belief in a higher power, and that everything happens for a reason. I stop and ask myself what the universe is trying to teach me each time the shift is falling apart around me. Sometimes I think that I’m being taught patience, and other times tolerance, but sometimes I think the universe is pulling a prank on me, and it makes me laugh.”</p> <p><a href="http://nurse-ratcheds.blogspot.com/2007/02/material-girl-or-things-i-cant-live.html"><strong>Click here for the rest of the posting </strong></a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Inspiration" rel="category tag">Inspiration</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=89#respond" title="Comment on 4 Things a Nurse Cannot Do Without…">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-88"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=88" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Southern Nursing Research Society - Keynote Presentation">Southern Nursing Research Society - Keynote Presentation</a></h3> <small>Sunday, February 25th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" target="_blank" style="color: #0000ff" href="http://technology-escapades.net/blog/?p=29" /><font size="-1">by </font><font size="-1">Aaronson, PhD, <strong>RN</strong>, FAAN, who is Professor at the University of Kansas School of <strong>Nursing</strong>.</font></p> <p><a href="http://technology-escapades.net/blog/?p=29"><strong>Click here for full text</strong></a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=88#respond" title="Comment on Southern Nursing Research Society - Keynote Presentation">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-87"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=87" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to New Digital Tablets for Nurses – Practical Idea?">New Digital Tablets for Nurses – Practical Idea?</a></h3> <small>Sunday, February 25th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070225;17193800" name="CREATED" /><meta content="16010101;0" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>From WSJ: “Intel Corp. and Motion Computing Inc. are demonstrating the result of a joint effort to increase the productivity of nurses — a tablet-style personal computer designed for use in hospitals and clinics.”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Perhaps this is a good productivity idea for those nurses in administrative roles. But for clinical nurses I have no idea when they’ll have the chance to handle both their patients, doctors and these tablets?</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Check out this assessment:</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://kanban.blogspot.com/2007/02/intel-motion-develop-tablet-pc-for.html">http://kanban.blogspot.com/2007/02/intel-motion-develop-tablet-pc-for.html</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">This PBS program made it clear that doctors were not that enthusiastic about these new electronic gadgets either:</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/remakingamericanmedicine/index.html">http://www.pbs.org/remakingamericanmedicine/index.html</a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=6" title="View all posts in Technology" rel="category tag">Technology</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=87#respond" title="Comment on New Digital Tablets for Nurses – Practical Idea?">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-86"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=86" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Mendocino College nursing program receives donations">Mendocino College nursing program receives donations</a></h3> <small>Monday, February 19th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><!--date--></p> <div class="articleBody"><strong>The Mendocino College Nursing Program</strong> has recently received two donations from the local medical community.</p> <p>In January, <strong>Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital</strong> in Willits donated $3500 to the Mendocino College Licensed Vocational Nurse to Registered Nurse Bridge program.</p> <p>This donation will be used to purchase educational equipment for the nursing lab on the Mendocino College Ukiah Campus. </p> <p>The nursing lab has five patient simulation areas where students learn their nursing skills prior to work in the hospital.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ukiahdailyjournal.com/features/ci_5259247">Click here for more on this story </a></div> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=86#respond" title="Comment on Mendocino College nursing program receives donations">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-85"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=85" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Illinois Getting Ready to Change its Nursing law">Illinois Getting Ready to Change its Nursing law</a></h3> <small>Friday, February 16th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20070216;7504800" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;0" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>The Illinois legislators are getting ready to change <strong>The Illinois Nursing</strong> <strong>and Advanced Practice Nursing Act</strong> to keep up with the ever changing realities of our field.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The two most important changes are:</p> <ol> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Only nurses would be allowed to give out medications to patients.</p> </li> </ol> <ol start="2"> <li> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Advanced Practice Nurses, such as nurse practitioners, will be allowed to work without the direct supervision of a doctor.</p> </li> </ol> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">To read more about these important changes that will affect all current and prospective nurses working in Illinois <a href="http://www.khqa.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=27694"><strong>please click this</strong></a></p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=85#respond" title="Comment on Illinois Getting Ready to Change its Nursing law">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-84"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=84" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Happy Valentine’s!">Happy Valentine’s!</a></h3> <small>Wednesday, February 14th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Small_Red_Rose.JPG/400px-Small_Red_Rose.JPG" /> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=84#respond" title="Comment on Happy Valentine’s!">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-83"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=83" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Maryland’s First CRNA and CNL Master’s Students Graduate from UMB Program">Maryland’s First CRNA and CNL Master’s Students Graduate from UMB Program</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, February 13th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20070213;9094500" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;0" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>Seventeen Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and Clinical Nurse Leaders (CNLs) students made Maryland history in December 2006 by completing their 28-month <strong>Master of Science (MS) programs at University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)</strong>.</p> <p>According to a 2003 survey of Maryland Hospital Association, there is 16.6% vacancy rate for CRNAs in the state. Fifteen of the 17 graduates were immediately offered CRNA positions in the Baltimore area.</p> <p>“We are extremely proud of our nurse anesthesia graduates, who completed this rigorous 28-month, full-time program that included an 18-month, full-time clinical rotation,” said <strong>Lou Heindel</strong>, DNP, CRNA, assistant professor and director of the School of Nursing’s nurse anesthesia program.</p> <p><a href="http://www.oea.umaryland.edu/communications/news/?ViewStatus=FullArticle&articleDetail=1591">Click here for more information on this news event</a> </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=83#respond" title="Comment on Maryland’s First CRNA and CNL Master’s Students Graduate from UMB Program">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-82"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=82" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to RN Dr. Newhouse wins $100K Grant">RN Dr. Newhouse wins $100K Grant</a></h3> <small>Sunday, February 11th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><strong> Robin P. Newhouse</strong>, PhD, RN has been awarded a two-year $100,000 grant by the <strong>Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund Grant </strong>at The<strong> Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions</strong> to conduct four studies related to smoking cessation interventions and counseling efforts by nurses in Maryland hospitals. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=5" title="View all posts in Inspiration" rel="category tag">Inspiration</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=82#respond" title="Comment on RN Dr. Newhouse wins $100K Grant">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-81"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=81" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 1 in every 150 children?!">1 in every 150 children?!</a></h3> <small>Saturday, February 10th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p>Have you heard the report on Autism in America?</p> <p>The<a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/"><strong> Center for Disease Control and Prevention study</strong></a> found out that 1 in every 150 children in America suffers from the dreaded disease.</p> <p>The story grabbed my attention because I have known quiet a few autistic children and their parents in my life and I’m aware of the kind of problem it is, mildly put. It is the sort of thing that really takes whole families hostage emotionally and also in a monetary/material sense. And it does not go away once the kids grow up either.</p> <p>Anyway… I’m thinking “why?” How come such a high percentage of kids Amerika suffer from Autism?</p> <p>I used to help a group of folks down in Carolina who believed it was due to this shot that the government recommended children get while they were very young. But since then I’ve also read other reports that counter that argument with some degree of plausibility.</p> <p>I hope one day the scientists will figure out the conditions that trigger this totally debilitating disease. </p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=81#respond" title="Comment on 1 in every 150 children?!">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-80"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=80" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to New Nursing Undergraduate Program in Ohio">New Nursing Undergraduate Program in Ohio</a></h3> <small>Friday, February 9th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070209;20240500" name="CREATED" /><meta content="16010101;0" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>The nurse shortage in the United States is expected to reach a whopping 2.8 million by the year 2020. Bad for the patients, of course, But obviously, the same statistic spells “job security” for those who choose nursing as a future career.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Colleges around the nation are reading the writing on the wall. <strong>Muskingum College of New Concord, Ohio</strong> has joined the ranks of higher learning institutions offering a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Nursing (B.S.N.) starting Fall 2008.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“The program, which expands the number of degree choices for students at Muskingum, will be offered to both traditional undergraduate students in either a residential or commuter setting, and also as part of the <strong>Muskingum Adult Program (MAP)</strong> to persons currently holding the R.N. licensure,” a university official said.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The program will combine Muskingum’s liberal arts and sciences classes with a structured nursing curriculum to build a comprehensive B.S.N. experience.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The clinical component is designed to exceed the required standards, and Muskingum College officials have reportedly begun discussions with both the <strong>Genesis Health Care System in Zanesville</strong> and the <strong>Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge</strong> to provide clinical opportunities for the students.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=4" title="View all posts in Facts & Figures" rel="category tag">Facts & Figures</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=80#respond" title="Comment on New Nursing Undergraduate Program in Ohio">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-79"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=79" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Physician and Nurse Supply Council Calls for Immediate Increase in Physician and Nurse Education">Physician and Nurse Supply Council Calls for Immediate Increase in Physician and Nurse Education</a></h3> <small>Thursday, February 8th, 2007</small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /><title /><meta content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /><meta content="20070208;83800" name="CREATED" /><meta content="16010101;0" name="CHANGED" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style><strong>The Council on Physician and Nurse Supply</strong> concluded its first meeting in Philadelphia affirming that shortages of physicians already exist in certain geographic areas and that nursing shortages are widespread.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“At current levels of training, these shortages will deepen and there will be too few physicians and nurses to meet the future needs of the nation,” said a press release issued by the Council. The Council called for immediate efforts to expand medical and nursing education.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Members of the Council, which is based at the University of Pennsylvania expressed concern that persistent shortages of nurses and physicians could have a number of adverse consequences, including the following:</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* inadequate access to care, particularly in rural and inner city locations.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* lack of the necessary capacity for emergency preparedness.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* decreased ability to accomplish planned expansions of health care services, with attendant negative effects on local and national economies.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">* increased dependence on foreign nurses and physicians.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=8" title="View all posts in USA" rel="category tag">USA</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=79#respond" title="Comment on Physician and Nurse Supply Council Calls for Immediate Increase in Physician and Nurse Education">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?m=200702&paged=2">« Previous Entries</a></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /> </div> </form> </li> <!-- Author information is disabled per default. 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