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A 5 page research paper that offers an assessment of nursing educational needs at the Mayo Clinic in order to evaluate how educational and professional development is handled at this institution. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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patients, families and communities (Career overview, 2009). They work in collaboration with physicians and other healthcare professionals in performing "treatments and examinations, the administration of medications and the profession of
direct patient care" (Career overview, 2009). The following assessment of nursing educational needs examines nursing at Mayo in detail in order to evaluate how educational and professional development is handled
at this institution. Assessment Criteria Type of institution: The Mayo Clinic is the "largest integrated, not-for-profit group practice in the world" (About us, 2009). The Clinic employers over 3,300
doctors, scientists and researchers and 46,000 allied health staff (About us, 2009). Type of nursing care/service provided: Nursing care at Mayo Clinic is comprehensive and addresses all nursing specialties
and aspects of nursing science. Volume of activity of the institution: Collectively at all three of its locations, i.e., in Rochester, Minnesota; Jacksonville, Florida; and Scottsdale/Phoenix, Arizona, the Mayo
Clinic treats the needs of over a million people per year (About us, 2009). Levels of nursing care staff employed: Nurses at Mayo occupy several levels of practice, with
each level of its own standards in regards to educational requirement. These levels are: Licensed Practical Nurse; Registered Nurse (Associates degree); Registered Nurse (Baccalaureate degree); and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
(Masters and Doctoral degree) (Career overview, 2009). Summary of Results of the Need Assessment For the purposes of the needs assessment, the "Summer III" interns were selected as representative
of how Mayo addresses educational needs. The young nursing students who participated in this program uniformly indicate that this is an extremely well designed program that offers numerous opportunities that
simply would not be available in a smaller hospital. Each summer intern is assigned a RN as a their clinical coach (Summer III, 2009). Although these student nurses are not
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