Nursing Blog

According to Florence Nightingale, nursing is an art: and if it is to be made an art, it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation, as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble, compared with having to do with the living body, the temple of God’s spirit? It is one of the Fine Arts.

This statement only conveys that being a nurse is a very hard task because he/she has the prime responsibility over the life of his patient. The art of nursing at present is really a trend in almost all parts of the world especially in the United States of America because of the growing need for health care professionals. This is according to an official research that in the next few decades, there will be a great deficiency in nursing professionals. Good thing, there are lots of universities and colleges which are developing this kind of medical art among interested students who want to go into nursing through an accelerated nursing program. This kind of program is especially designed for applicants to have the fundamental knowledge on all parts and aspects of nursery.

Do you think you’ve got that fighting spirit to save lives and take good care of a living body? If you think you do, the following are the points you should remember before you enroll:

• The fastest route to be licensed as a registered nurse for those individuals who already completed a graduate or a bachelor’s degree in a non-nursing course or discipline is offered in the accelerated baccalaureate programs.
• These baccalaureate programs which are deemed fast-track take only from 11 to 18 months together with the prerequisites while the master’s degree programs take up to 3 years to finish.
• This program is widely available in the 43 states of America which includes Puerto Rico and District of Columbia as well. In the year 2008, there were a total of 57 accelerated master’s programs and 218 baccalaureate programs in the different schools nationwide. In addition to that, there are 26 new baccalaureate programs that are in the stage of planning, and 7 more accelerated master’s programs are said to come out.
• With the past learning experiences by the students, the accelerated baccalaureate program objectives can be accomplished in just a short span of time. Get ready because the instruction is absolutely extreme and there are no breaks in the sessions because the courses are offered on a full-time basis.
• Before you finally get admitted in this kind of program, you are required to earn 3.0 GPA which includes a strict prescreening procedure. The administrators very much prioritize those students who will surely grow in this kind of environment.

Did you stand out when you were still in senior college? If you did, that is a very good starting point for you because the master’s and accelerated baccalaureate programs in nursing are suitably geared for you. Since you already completed your bachelor’s degree, you will surely be attracted to the master’s program as the next step for you to achieve higher level of education.