North Dakota Nursing Schools

ANA Calls On Policymakers To Act On Nurse Staffing Legislation

Silver Spring, MD - A study published today in the journal Health Affairs provides new evidence that if hospitals invest in appropriate Registered Nurse (RN) staffing, thousands of lives and millions of dollars could be saved each year. Specifically, the study shows that if hospitals increased RN staffing and hours of nursing care per patient, more than 6,700 patient deaths and four million days of care in hospitals could be avoided each year. In addition to the immense societal benefits of adequate nurse staffing, the anticipated financial benefits of savings per avoided patient death or hospitalization may also be significant.

"This new study is important because it highlights the fact that people suffer and die when nursing care is inadequate," said Barbara Blakeney, MS, RN, president of the American Nurses Association (ANA).

"It is the latest study in a growing body of evidence that clearly demonstrates that nurses make the critical, cost-effective difference in providing safe, high-quality patient care," she added. Blakeney pointed to ANA's own report, Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes in the Inpatient Hospital Setting released in May 2000.

The study looked at hospital and Medicare data in nine states in five categories of adverse outcomes: length of hospital stay, hospital-acquired pneumonia, postoperative infection, bed sores and hospital-acquired urinary tract infections. All five measures were markedly lower with higher levels of RN involvement in patient care.

Three studies published in 2002, one in the New England Journal of Medicine , one by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and another in the Journal of the American Medical Association , also found direct links between nurse staffing levels and better patient outcomes.

"Inappropriate staffing is the number one concern of nurses today," Blakeney said. "Adequate nurse staffing is critical to the delivery of quality patient care because it allows nurses time for appropriate assessment of patients and their needs and initiation of suitable interventions." "For too long, administrators have viewed nursing as an expense rather than valuing nursing care as a critical investment in quality, cost-effective care. This study demonstrates the economic value of RNs and speaks to the societal benefit of providing better nurse staffing, which ANA believes should be the driver in policy decisions," she said. Read more...

Nursing Schools in North Dakota

RN PROGRAMS

Jamestown College
Box 6010, Jamestown, North Dakota 58401. (701) 252-3467
Nursing Programs: Baccalaureate Degree (BSN), Part-Time BSN

University of North Dakota
Box 9025, Grand Forks, ND 58202. (701) 777-4173
Nursing Programs: Baccalaureate Degree (BSN)

Dickinson State University
291 Campus Drive, Dickinson, North Dakota 58601. (701) 483-2133
Nursing Programs: Baccalaureate Degree (BSN)

Minot State University
500 University Ave W, Minot, North Dakota 58701. (701) 858-3101
Nursing Programs: Baccalaureate Degree (BSN)

North Dakota State University
Box 5055, Fargo, ND 58105. (701) 231-7772
Nursing Programs: Baccalaureate Degree (BSN)

University of Mary
7500 University Drive, Bismarck North Dakota 58504. (701) 255-7500
Nursing Programs: Baccalaureate Degree (BSN)

MedCenter One College of Nursing
512 N 7th St. Bismarck, North Dakota 58501
Nursing Programs: Baccalaureate Degree (BSN)

Williston State College
PO Box 1326, Williston, ND 58801. (701) 774-4290
Nursing Programs: Associate in Applied Science (AAS Nursing)

Lake Region State College
1801 N College Drive, Devils Lake, North Dakota 58301. (701) 662-1569
Nursing Programs: Associate in Applied Science (AAS Nursing)

Bismarck State College
PO Box 5587, Bismarck, North Dakota 58506
Nursing Programs: Associate in Applied Science (AAS Nursing)

Minot State University-Bottineau
105 Simrall Boulevard, Bottineau, ND 58318. (800) 542-6866
Nursing Programs: Associate in Applied Science (AAS Nursing)

North Dakota State School of Science
800 6th St N, Wahpeton, ND 58075
Nursing Programs: Associate Degree in Nursing Science (ADN)

LPN PROGRAMS

North Dakota State College of Science
800 6th St N, Wahpeton ND 58075. (701) 671-2967
Nursing Programs: Associate in Applied Science for Practical Nurse Licensure (AASPN)

United Tribes Technical College
3315 University Dr. Bismarck North Dakota 58504. (701) 255-3285
Nursing Programs: Associate in Applied Science for Practical Nurse Licensure (AASPN)

Dickinson State University
291 Campus Dr. Dickinson North Dakota 58601. (701) 483-2133
Nursing Programs: Associate in Applied Science for Practical Nurse Licensure (AASPN)

Sitting Bull Community College
1341 92nd Street, Fort Yates, North Dakota 58538. (701) 854-3861
Nursing Programs: Associate in Science for Practical Nurse Licensure (ASPN)

Lake Region State College
1801 N College Drive, Devils Lake, ND 58301. (701) 662-1569
Nursing Programs: Certificate Program for Practical Nurse Licensure

Bismarck State College
PO Box 5587 Bismarck, ND 58506. (800) 445-5073
Nursing Programs: Certificate Program for Practical Nurse Licensure

Williston State College
PO Box 1326 Williston, ND 58801. (701) 774-4290
Nursing Programs: Certificate Program for Practical Nurse Licensure

Minot State University-Bottineau
105 Simrall Boulevard, Bottineau, ND 58318. (800) 542-6866
Nursing Programs: Certificate Program for Practical Nurse Licensure

MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAMS IN NURSING

University of Mary
7500 University Drive Bismarck ND 58504. (701) 255-7500
Nursing Programs: Masters Degree in Nursing

University of North Dakota
Box 9025, University Station, Grand Forks ND 58201. (701) 777-4173
Nursing Programs: Masters Degree in Nursing

Tri-College University Nursing Consortium
1104 S 7th Ave. Moorhead MN 56563. (218) 236-4699
Nursing Programs: Masters Degree in Nursing through:

Minnesota State University-Moorhead
1104 South 7th Avenue, Moorhead, MN 56563. (218) 477-2695

North Dakota State University
Box 5055, Fargo, ND 58105. (701) 231-7772

Concordia College
901 South 8th Street, Moorhead, MN 56562. (218) 299-4102

Nursing Resources

For information on a career as a registered nurse and nursing education visit the National League for Nursing. For information on nursing career options, financial aid, and listings of BSN, graduate, and accelerated nursing programs visit the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

For additional information on registered nurses, including credentialing visit the American Nurses Association.

Information about employment opportunities may be obtained from local hospitals, nursing care facilities, home health care agencies, psychiatric facilities, the North Dakota State Board of Nursing, and local offices of the State employment service.

For information on obtaining U.S. certification and work visas for foreign-educated nurses, visit the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools.

For information on nurse practitioners, including a list of accredited programs, visit the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

For information on nursing schools and lists of accredited programs in other states visit one of the following websites: Kentucky Nursing Schools, Michigan Nursing Schools, Louisiana Nursing Schools and Missouri Nursing Schools.

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