Position on the Foreign Language Requirement for Admission into the RN-BSN Baccalaureate Degree Program at Miami Dade College.

Position on the Foreign Language Requirement for Admission into the RN-BSN Baccalaureate Degree Program at Miami Dade College.

This is another response related to order # 218545 and 218683. Thus, can I please have the writer id 1747 answer this one too? Please don’t worry about the front page. I want 150 -200 words for this order. Please respond to Ann’s comment for my paper (order#218545) The on-ground Benjamin Leon School of Nursing (BLSON) RN to BSN program’s curriculum components are appropriate and consistent with one another, ensuring its graduates’ success. Miami Dade College provides nursing education to a diverse student population while preparing students for the safe and competent practice of nursing in a global society for the future of health care. Position on the Foreign Language Requirement for Admission into the RN-BSN Baccalaureate Degree Program at Miami Dade College.

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“To add to your post, the Miami Dade College RN to BSN program is designed for Florida-licensed nurses who possess an Associate of Science in Nursing degree from an accredited program. This nursing program caters to the needs of students who are already practicing nursing and have time restraints. BLSON offers three program options; one full-time option, which includes 3 semesters (4 courses per semester); and two part-time options, which include 4 semesters (3 courses per semester) or 5 semesters (2 courses per semester). I differ from your and Christopher’s opinion to remove the foreign language requirement from the general education requirements. Being able to communicate in different languages with our culturally diverse patient population is imperative in South Florida. Also, the 8 credit hours of a foreign language or equivalent will count towards elective credits.” I just want to let her know that she understand correctly about courses of part-time and full time. Now, we have to explain about the language. From order #218545, I got a comment from a professor regarding foreign language. Position on the Foreign Language Requirement for Admission into the RN-BSN Baccalaureate Degree Program at Miami Dade College. She is leaning toward Ann’s comment. She said the use of fellow nurse as interpreters is not acceptable. There is interpretation …at every hospital for over 100 languages meaning may be lost in using someone to interpret who speak a different dialect than patients. Ann said, “. Being able to communicate in different languages with our culturally diverse patient population is imperative in South Florida. ” In reality, it is true. Sometimes, the patient does not want to work with me because I don’t speak SPN. Last for this answer, I want to be neutral based evidence because I want to maintain the integrity of posting the response. Now, I need a response with strong support either agree with her and provide evidence, or stay with the original idea and back up with more support. Position on the Foreign Language Requirement for Admission into the RN-BSN Baccalaureate Degree Program at Miami Dade College.

The fact that speaking more than one language as a health professional in the multi-cultural South Florida community is essential cannot be questioned. The reality that the nurses being trained at the BLSON are also drawn from this same diverse cultural composition is also incontestable. A working knowledge of any foreign language is therefore a desirable and essential skill for RN-BSN nurses. However, this reality should be weighed against the other reality of the need for more nurses to offer primary health care (PHC) to Florida and American citizens in general. Of note is the Affordable Care Act of 2010 which brought an additional 32 million Americans into coverage (Bates, 2010). As it is, this foreign language requirement is compulsory in the curriculum (MDC, 2019; MDC, n.d.). The question is therefore not whether foreign language knowledge is important or not. It is that it should be made an added advantage instead of a compulsory requirement. The latter unnecessarily locks out registered nurses with no foreign language (but needed for PHC) out of opportunities for better jobs and required job entry level of education through the BSN (Keating, 2015; RegisteredNursing.org, n.d.). Position on the Foreign Language Requirement for Admission into the RN-BSN Baccalaureate Degree Program at Miami Dade College.

Since Florida itself is multicultural and the student nurses are themselves drawn from these same communities, the truth is that few of these students do not speak a second language aside from English. In fact, the rules clearly state that if a student can demonstrate that they are proficient in their “mother tongue” (not English), they’re exempt from this rule (MDC, n.d.). The foreign language requirement should therefore remain; not as a compulsory prerequisite, but as an added advantage. Position on the Foreign Language Requirement for Admission into the RN-BSN Baccalaureate Degree Program at Miami Dade College.