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Nursing Schools in CaliforniaAdvanced Practice Nursing ProgramsAdvanced practice nurses are often considered primary health care practitioners and work independently or in collaboration with physicians. For example, clinical nurse specialists provide direct patient care and expert consultations in one of many of the nursing specialties. Nurse anesthetists administer anesthesia, monitor patient's vital signs during surgery and provide post-anesthesia care. Nurse midwives provide primary care to women, including gynecological exams, family planning advice, prenatal care, assistance in labor and delivery, and neonatal care. Nurse practitioners provide basic preventive health care to patients, and increasingly serve as primary and specialty care providers in mainly medically underserved areas. The most common areas of specialty for nurse practitioners are family practice, adult practice, women's health, pediatrics, acute care, and gerontology, however, there are many other specialties. In most States, advanced practice nurses can prescribe medications. A bachelor's degree is a prerequisite for admission to graduate nursing programs in research, consulting, and teaching, and all advanced practice nursing specialties - clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners. Individuals who complete a bachelor's receive more training in areas such as communication, leadership, and critical thinking, all of which are becoming more important as nursing care becomes more complex. Additionally, bachelor's degree programs offer more clinical experience in non-hospital settings. All advanced practice nursing specialties require at least a master's degree. Most programs last about two years and require a BSN degree and some programs require at least one to two years of clinical experience as a registered nurse for admission. In 2004, there were 329 master's and post-master's programs offered for nurse practitioners, 218 master's and post-master's programs for clinical nurse specialists, 92 programs for nurse anesthetists, and 45 programs for nurse midwives. Upon completion of a program, most advanced practice nurses become nationally certified in their area of specialty. In some States, certification in a specialty is required in order to practice that specialty. CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST PROGRAMS California State University - Dominguez Hills - School of Nursing California State University - San Bernardino - Department of Nursing California State University - Fresno - Department of Nursing CSU - Long Beach - Graduate Nursing Department CSU - Sacramento - Division of Nursing Dominican University of California - Department of Nursing Loma Linda University - Graduate School of Nursing San Diego State University - School of Nursing San Francisco State University School of Nursing San Jose State University School of Nursing University of California - Los Angeles - Graduate School of Nursing University of California - San Francisco - Graduate School of Nursing University of San Diego University of San Francisco - School of Nursing |
Smoking by nurses creates workplace issuesSmoking by nurses can create workplace problems that must be addressed by health care systems to promote better interactions between nurses and their patients and reduce dissension among staff, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center. Read more about this UCLA study. |