Topic:
Associate's Degree vs. Bachelor's Degree
-Bachelor's degree should be minimal requirement in nursing field. Associate's degree is more of an entry level position.
Thesis:
Acquiring one’s bachelor’s degree should be the minimal requirement because, one receives more education, there is a much greater variety of fields to study, and the job opportunities and pay grade are much more beneficial.
Topic Sentences:
1. With any profession on this earth, the more schooling one has, the more one is going learn and experience.
2. With a bachelor’s degree, the door to multiple professional opportunities is opened up.
3. A higher status in the nursing field accompanies a greater potential for job advancement and an increase in pay.
4. It is also argued that an associate’s degree is the appropriate degree of certification in the nursing field.
5. The argument that an associate’s degree is enough in the nursing profession is not valid.
6. In the nursing profession, nurses all have the same objective; to help those who are less fortunate in their time of need.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Monday, April 8, 2013
Thesis/Topic Sentences: Essay 3
Thesis:
The need for a bachelor’s degree has multiple effects on nurses including increased pay, vast job options, and overall more knowledge and expertise in the field.
Topic Sentences:
1. A nurse who has acquired his or her bachelor’s degree is going to see an increase in pay.
2. Nurses who have their bachelor’s degree have the benefits of multiple more job opportunities and options in their career.
3. As one continues on with their degree advancement, a more concrete understanding of the work and more experience in the field is a result.
The need for a bachelor’s degree has multiple effects on nurses including increased pay, vast job options, and overall more knowledge and expertise in the field.
Topic Sentences:
1. A nurse who has acquired his or her bachelor’s degree is going to see an increase in pay.
2. Nurses who have their bachelor’s degree have the benefits of multiple more job opportunities and options in their career.
3. As one continues on with their degree advancement, a more concrete understanding of the work and more experience in the field is a result.
Essay 3: What Research Told Me
-A nurse with less than a year of experience has an annual wage of $50,017, 1-4 years of experience pays $59,739, 5-9 years pays $66,044, 10-19 years pays $72,791, and 20 years or more of experience pays $77,032 annually.
-nursing is largest profession in health care industry
-nurses with BSN outperform their RN counterparts
-demand for nurses with advanced degrees is increasing
-nurses with BSN can work anywhere from geriatrics, home health, community clinics, hospices, hospitals, to administration.
-in a more broad range nurses with BSN can work as head nurses, nurse practitioners, administrative managers, department chiefs, and nurse anesthetist.
-nursing is largest profession in health care industry
-nurses with BSN outperform their RN counterparts
-demand for nurses with advanced degrees is increasing
-nurses with BSN can work anywhere from geriatrics, home health, community clinics, hospices, hospitals, to administration.
-in a more broad range nurses with BSN can work as head nurses, nurse practitioners, administrative managers, department chiefs, and nurse anesthetist.
Essay 3: Rough Draft
Effects of Need for Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
With the growing qualifications and regulations of nursing surging forward as the years go on, many nurses are finding themselves with the need for a bachelor’s degree. Many hospitals are now requiring their nursing staff to have their bachelor’s degree, BSN, rather than their associate’s degree. This new preference for nurses is very beneficial to the medical field. The need for a bachelor’s degree has multiple effects on nurses including increased pay, vast job options, and overall more knowledge and expertise in the field.
A nurse who has acquired his or her bachelor’s degree is going to see an increase in pay. As one advances with their major, an increase in pay accompanies the title. The pay of a nurse with a bachelor’s degree largely depends on the years of experience one has. A nurse with less than a year of experience has an annual wage of $50,017, 1-4 years of experience pays $59,739, 5-9 years pays $66,044, 10-19 years pays $72,791, and 20 years or more of experience pays $77,032 annually (Average & Starting Nurse Salary for Registered Nurses (RN's)). In the article, “Average & Starting Nurse Salary for Registered Nurses (RN’s)”, it states, “It’s apparent that employers reward nurses with salary increases when they obtain additional training/education because demand for highly-trained and specialized nurses is higher.” An increase in pay comes along with a bachelor’s degree. Facilities and hospitals are looking for nurses with more experience and more training. Education and specialization in nursing is very valuable, and employers look for that in nurses and reward them with an increase in pay.
Nurses who have their bachelor’s degree have the benefits of multiple more job opportunities and options in their career. Nurses with their bachelor’s degree have a wide array of positions that they can choose from. A head nurse, department chief, administrative manager, nurse anesthetist, clinical nurse manager, and nurse practitioner are all examples of positions one could pursue with a bachelors degree. The biggest difference between a bachelor’s degree and an associate’s degree is that with a bachelor’s degree a nurse can pursue managerial positions. Nurses with their BSN are typically employed by hospitals, community clinics, home health agencies, hospices, hospitals and public health departments (Average & Starting Nurse Salary for Registered Nurses (RN's)). There are multiple career fields that a nurse with his or her BSN can get into such as geriatrics, home health, administration, pediatrics, information technology, or even training and education (BSN-Career Opportunities). Just because one is a nurse does not mean that he or she is working just in a care agency. Many nurses move on to managerial positions, research positions and even educational positions.
As one continues on with their degree advancement, a more concrete understanding of the work and more experience in the field is a result. The longer one works in a certain environment, the more comfortable he or she is going to become and the more will be learned as each day passes. In the article, “Average & Starting Nurse Salary for Registered Nurses (RN's)” it was stated, “. . . nurses holding baccalaureate degrees outperform their RN counterparts.” Higher education is directly correlated to increased earnings, roles with leadership positions and the job security is more concrete (Average & Starting Nurse Salary for Registered Nurses (RN's)). Acquiring a bachelors degree leads to advancement or specialization on one’s field of work. With any field of work, more experience and knowledge is beneficial. More experience results in a more experienced work place, which in turn results in happier residents and employees. With degree advancement, a lot of knowledge is taken in at once; the higher one proceeds in degree achievement, the more knowledge and experience one is going to experience.
Nursing is a field of work that involves a great deal of knowledge, practical skills, intelligence, and critical thinking. Nurses need to know how to handle demanding situations, how to care for patients with specific care needs, how to properly administer medications, and overall they need to have intelligence about all aspects of their work field. Acquiring a bachelor’s degree in nursing prepares one more extensively for their work. Nurses with a bachelor’s degree have an increase in pay, more job options in their desired field of work, and overall they have more knowledge and expertise. A bachelor’s degree is extremely beneficial to nurses, their patients, their employers and their fellow employees.
Essay 3: What I Already Know/What I Need to Know
What I Already Know:
-facilities looking for bachelor's degree in nursing over associates degree
-bachelors degree is preferable
-better pay
-more knowledge
-more options job wise
What I Need to Know:
-pay
-what jobs are available to nurses with BSN
-how long it takes to get BSN
-positives of getting BSN
-facilities looking for bachelor's degree in nursing over associates degree
-bachelors degree is preferable
-better pay
-more knowledge
-more options job wise
What I Need to Know:
-pay
-what jobs are available to nurses with BSN
-how long it takes to get BSN
-positives of getting BSN
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Topic: Essay 3
-Causes and Effects of Need for Bachelors Degree above Associates Degree in Job Field
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Essay 2: Final Draft
Michelle DeShazor
Professor Kerr
English 101-12
5, March 2013
ER Nurse vs. Medical Surgical Nurse
Nursing is a career that is depicted worldwide through movies and television shows of all genres. For instance, consider the movie Pearl Harbor; it illustrates the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the lives it affected, and the importance of nurses during the attack. Another popular show on television is Scrubs, where nurses are depicted in a more comical manner, but the responsibilities of the nursing staff is still adequately shown. Both of these television programs illustrate the duties and tasks of a nurse, whether it is an emergency/trauma (ER) nurse in Pearl Harbor, or a medical surgical nurse in Scrubs. When deciding if the position of an ER nurse or a medical surgical nurse is best, a person has to take into consideration the job description, pay, and qualifications needed.
The job descriptions of an ER nurse and a medical surgical nurse vary greatly; they are two completely different jobs when it comes to the assignments that have to be performed. An ER nurse treats patients who have sustained serious and even life-threatening injuries. Most patients consist of car accident victims, suicide attempts, and work related injuries (learn4good.com). An ER nurse needs to be able to handle urgent, demanding situations quickly and in a calm manner. This nurse’s main duties consist of providing adequate care to patients in emergency situations, administering emergency procedures (CPR), operating health care machines, and acting fast and thinking on his/her feet. There are many different places that an ER nurse can work including hospitals, emergency departments, helicopters, ambulances, and even airplanes. Overall an ER nurse’s job description includes emergency situations and caring for patients with serious injuries. On the other hand, a medical surgical nurse provides care to patients undergoing any surgical procedures. The main duties of a medical surgical nurse include providing preoperative, inter-operative, and post operative care, educating patients on surgical procedures, managing pain, discharge planning, and maintaining the patient’s physical and psychological health (learn4good.com). A medical surgical nurse can work in acute care units, hospitals, long-term care facilities, outpatient clinics and home care settings. The chief job description of a medical surgical nurse involves patient care before, during and after the surgical procedure. Medical surgical nursing is the largest group of professionals in the field of nursing (wikipedia.org). Based on the job descriptions of these two nursing careers, they are very different in respect of the duties that must be carried out.
With any job a person decides to enter, there are qualifications that he/she has to complete and requirements that must be met; nursing is no exception to this norm. In order to become an ER nurse, the required qualifications must be completed. Completion of Diploma courses in Emergency/Trauma Nursing, which can take up to one year to complete, are necessary. This diploma consists of modules in health care management, pharmacology, trauma nursing practice, HIV/AIDS care, and health care and the law (learn4good.com). In order to become a medical surgical nurse proper certification is needed; this certification is granted by The Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board. Some qualifications that must be achieved are having a current registered nurse license, a minimum of two years experience as a registered nurse, one year full-time experience in Medical Surgical Nursing within the last three years, and completion of 30 hours of Medical Surgical Continuing Education within the last three years (learn4good.com). There are different requirements that need to be met for these nursing positions, but they share the need for education and qualification.
Salary is a huge deciding factor when it comes to employment; nursing is a profession that has good pay in just about every field of work that is offered. An ER nurse’s salary is about $66,000 a year depending on experience, benefits and location (salary.com). Hours can include days, nights, weekends and holidays; patients need 24-hour care. The average salary for a medical surgical nurse is about $50,000 a year (simplyhired.com). But depending on the company one works for, the area he/she is in, and the experience one has, the salary is going to vary. Salary usually is not a huge issue in the career of nursing; nurses are very well paid for their work regardless of the field they work in.
Nursing is a career where positions vary, job options are vast and career advancement is welcomed. Whether one is an ER nurse frantically trying to save the life of a car accident victim, or a medical surgical nurse preparing an organ transplant patient for surgery, the job description, pay and qualifications are looked at regardless of the field. One cannot simply say that an ER nurse or a medical surgical nurse is better than the other, each job has its pros and cons and it is largely dependent on the person entering the field of work and their preferences. Medical Surgical nursing and ER nursing are two very different fields of nursing, and yet they have the same intention, helping those who are in need.
Works Cited
“Nursing Career Choices/Education.” learn4good.com.
http://www.learn4good.com/nursing/careers_choices_nurse_education.htm. © 2013 Learn4Good Ltd.
Web. 5 March 2013.
“Medical Surgical Nursing.” Wikipedia.org.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical-surgical_nursing. 4 March 2012.
Web. 6 March 2013.
Simplyhired.com.
http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-medical+surgical+nurse. © 2013 Simply Hired, Inc.
Web. 6 March 2013.
Salary.com.
http://www1.salary.com/Staff-Nurse-RN-Emergency-Room-Salary.html. ©2013 Salary.com
Web. 6 March 2013.
Professor Kerr
English 101-12
5, March 2013
ER Nurse vs. Medical Surgical Nurse
Nursing is a career that is depicted worldwide through movies and television shows of all genres. For instance, consider the movie Pearl Harbor; it illustrates the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor, the lives it affected, and the importance of nurses during the attack. Another popular show on television is Scrubs, where nurses are depicted in a more comical manner, but the responsibilities of the nursing staff is still adequately shown. Both of these television programs illustrate the duties and tasks of a nurse, whether it is an emergency/trauma (ER) nurse in Pearl Harbor, or a medical surgical nurse in Scrubs. When deciding if the position of an ER nurse or a medical surgical nurse is best, a person has to take into consideration the job description, pay, and qualifications needed.
The job descriptions of an ER nurse and a medical surgical nurse vary greatly; they are two completely different jobs when it comes to the assignments that have to be performed. An ER nurse treats patients who have sustained serious and even life-threatening injuries. Most patients consist of car accident victims, suicide attempts, and work related injuries (learn4good.com). An ER nurse needs to be able to handle urgent, demanding situations quickly and in a calm manner. This nurse’s main duties consist of providing adequate care to patients in emergency situations, administering emergency procedures (CPR), operating health care machines, and acting fast and thinking on his/her feet. There are many different places that an ER nurse can work including hospitals, emergency departments, helicopters, ambulances, and even airplanes. Overall an ER nurse’s job description includes emergency situations and caring for patients with serious injuries. On the other hand, a medical surgical nurse provides care to patients undergoing any surgical procedures. The main duties of a medical surgical nurse include providing preoperative, inter-operative, and post operative care, educating patients on surgical procedures, managing pain, discharge planning, and maintaining the patient’s physical and psychological health (learn4good.com). A medical surgical nurse can work in acute care units, hospitals, long-term care facilities, outpatient clinics and home care settings. The chief job description of a medical surgical nurse involves patient care before, during and after the surgical procedure. Medical surgical nursing is the largest group of professionals in the field of nursing (wikipedia.org). Based on the job descriptions of these two nursing careers, they are very different in respect of the duties that must be carried out.
With any job a person decides to enter, there are qualifications that he/she has to complete and requirements that must be met; nursing is no exception to this norm. In order to become an ER nurse, the required qualifications must be completed. Completion of Diploma courses in Emergency/Trauma Nursing, which can take up to one year to complete, are necessary. This diploma consists of modules in health care management, pharmacology, trauma nursing practice, HIV/AIDS care, and health care and the law (learn4good.com). In order to become a medical surgical nurse proper certification is needed; this certification is granted by The Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board. Some qualifications that must be achieved are having a current registered nurse license, a minimum of two years experience as a registered nurse, one year full-time experience in Medical Surgical Nursing within the last three years, and completion of 30 hours of Medical Surgical Continuing Education within the last three years (learn4good.com). There are different requirements that need to be met for these nursing positions, but they share the need for education and qualification.
Salary is a huge deciding factor when it comes to employment; nursing is a profession that has good pay in just about every field of work that is offered. An ER nurse’s salary is about $66,000 a year depending on experience, benefits and location (salary.com). Hours can include days, nights, weekends and holidays; patients need 24-hour care. The average salary for a medical surgical nurse is about $50,000 a year (simplyhired.com). But depending on the company one works for, the area he/she is in, and the experience one has, the salary is going to vary. Salary usually is not a huge issue in the career of nursing; nurses are very well paid for their work regardless of the field they work in.
Nursing is a career where positions vary, job options are vast and career advancement is welcomed. Whether one is an ER nurse frantically trying to save the life of a car accident victim, or a medical surgical nurse preparing an organ transplant patient for surgery, the job description, pay and qualifications are looked at regardless of the field. One cannot simply say that an ER nurse or a medical surgical nurse is better than the other, each job has its pros and cons and it is largely dependent on the person entering the field of work and their preferences. Medical Surgical nursing and ER nursing are two very different fields of nursing, and yet they have the same intention, helping those who are in need.
Works Cited
“Nursing Career Choices/Education.” learn4good.com.
http://www.learn4good.com/nursing/careers_choices_nurse_education.htm. © 2013 Learn4Good Ltd.
Web. 5 March 2013.
“Medical Surgical Nursing.” Wikipedia.org.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical-surgical_nursing. 4 March 2012.
Web. 6 March 2013.
Simplyhired.com.
http://www.simplyhired.com/a/salary/search/q-medical+surgical+nurse. © 2013 Simply Hired, Inc.
Web. 6 March 2013.
Salary.com.
http://www1.salary.com/Staff-Nurse-RN-Emergency-Room-Salary.html. ©2013 Salary.com
Web. 6 March 2013.
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