Education Preparation

Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the Associate-degree level versus the baccalaureate-degree level. Victoria N Maduagwu Grand Canyon University Date: 6/5/16

Abstract An associate degree nursing is a two year nursing program that can be taken in community colleges or other technical schools after which the student will sit for board exam (NCLEX) and obtain a degree to practice in some hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living or in a home health setting. The associate degree nurse will complete training on courses like anatomy and physiology, biology nutrition and other basic nursing courses. Associate degree level nursing development helped increase the number of nurses pulled into the workforce during the world war 11 when the country was in high...