It is their intent to recognize the existence of overlapping functions between physicians and registered nurses and to permit additional sharing of functions within organized health care systems that provide for collaboration between physicians and registered nurses. These licensed health care systems include, but are not limited to, health facilities licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, clinics, home health agencies, physicians' offices, and public or community health services. Direct and indirect patient care services, including, but not limited to, the administration of medications and therapeutic agents, necessary to implement a treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative regimen ordered by and within the scope of licensure of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or clinical psychologist. The performance of skin tests, immunization techniques, and the withdrawal of human blood from veins and arteries. The Grossmont College Nursing Faculty supports the following beliefs about Associate Degree Nursing and Nursing Education.
Education is dynamic.
It responds to current and future needs of people in a changing health care delivery system. Nursing education prepares students to practice within the established professional standards and to engage in the continuous development and revision of knowledge. Nursing education prepares graduates to be eligible to take the national licensure examination for registered nurses. The associate degree nursing courses provide the foundation to enter the nursing discipline at a beginning level of competency. In addition to courses in nursing, other studies complement the nursing component and provide a basic level of general education.