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SOLVED (Newest 2025) What are the primary work settings for RN's? - Correct Answers ✅1) Hospitals 63.2% (where most nurses work!) An increase of 25% in the past decade (HRSA, 2013). 39.6% work in inpatient units in community hospitals. Others work in specialty hospitals, long-term hospitals, and psychiatric units.

1.1% of RNs work in VA hospitals 2) Ambulatory care (outpatient) 10.5% Nurse-based practices, physician-based practices, and free- standing emergency and surgical centers 3) Public and community health 7.8% 4) Home health 6.4% 5) Extended care facilities (e.g. SNFs) 5.3% 6) Others - 6.8% ... school nursing, nursing associations, local, state or federal governmental agencies, state boards of nursing, or insurance companies What are the trends in nursing education? - Correct Answers ✅- The number of diploma programs (hospital based) has steadily declined, educating only 4% of all new RNs in 2013 1 / 4

N138 Midterm Study Guide EXAM

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• Most nurses (53%) have initial ADN programs education
• 39% reported having an ADN and 36% having a BSN as their

first degree or credential.

• Many ADN-prepared RNs eventually return to school to

complete a BSN degree, often online Currently, about 55% of RNs have BSN or higher degrees

• Globalization and the international migration of nurses has

resulted in an increase of internationally educated nurses (3.7% in 2004 to 5.6% in 2008).How do BSN nurses affect outcomes to patients in hospitals? - Correct Answers ✅Patients on surgical units with more BSN-prepared nurses had fewer complications than patients on units with fewer BSN nurses.Hospitals with a higher percentage of nurses with a BS in Nursing had both a higher standard of patient care and a lower incidence of patient post-surgical mortality 2 / 4

N138 Midterm Study Guide EXAM

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SOLVED (Newest 2025) Understand the variety of practice settings for nurses and the related practice styles, philosophies, benefits and challenges

• Correct Answers ✅1) Hospitals

- Within the last 150 years: Nursing practice shifted from

informal home and community settings to hospitals _ Medical centers offer comprehensive specialty services, such as cancer centers, heart centers, etc

• Community-based hospitals have less severe patients;

typically identify, stabilize and transport those to high level of care

• Entry-level positions require RN licensure
• Bachelor's degrees are required to advance on the clinical

ladder or to assume management positions.

• Nurse managers often require a Master's degree.

2) Communities

• Lillian Wald was the founder of community nursing.
• Government and private agencies
• Home health and cost-effectiveness
• Knowledge and skills of the home health nurse

3) Medical Offices

• Nurses work in tandem with physicians, NPs, and their

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• Office-based nursing activities
• Nursing knowledge and skills
• Communication skills

4) Workplace

• Occupational and environmental health nurses provide basic

health care services, health education, screenings, and emergency treatment to employees in the workplace

• "Good employee health reduces absenteeism, insurance

costs, and worker errors, thereby improving company profitability"

• Roles/responsibilities
• Knowledge/skills

5) Armed Forces

• Peacetime and wartime settings
• Military nurses have broader responsibilities and scope of

practice than do civilian nurses

• Major benefit is the opportunity for advanced education

6) Schools

• "Specialized practice of professional nursing that advances

the well-being, academic success, life-long achievement, and health of students"

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