Changes in the Health Care System and the Practice of Nursing have become complex. Technological changes, complicated client needs, short hospital length of stay, and departure from acute care to community based care, all these changes have underscore the need for professional nurses to think critically in order to provide safe and effective client care. A better educated nursing workforce can provide good health education to patients and their families. The affordable care of 2010 has required the…
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Vision for the future of nursing Currently, health care in the US has been made accessible and affordable to everyone, as evidenced by the increase in the number of patients in the health care system. The nursing profession is already facing numerous challenges to deliver good quality and safe patient care. Therefore, there is a need for growth in remodeling the nursing profession to meet the high demand of an aging population with more complex needs. The nurses have to quickly adapt to a new…
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RN Many professionals have drawn their attention toward two diverse educational routes to licensure of Registered Nurse and nursing career. One of the most widespread pathways to become a registered nurse is Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) offered in many community colleges as a two-year degree, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree, which requires a four-year education at colleges and universities. Even though, these educational pathways are considerably diverse…
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of Active Participation in a Professional Nursing Organization Membership in a professional nursing organization provides nurses with continuing education, certification opportunities, role-related competencies and educational conferences. Changes in healthcare occur almost on a daily basis. Becoming a member of a nursing organization that supports your specialty or population of practice, allows nurses to be on the forefront of practice changes. Practices and standards change in an instant and these…
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Impact of the 2010 IOM Report on Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law by the United States government and is the largest health care reform since Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. With this new legislation, there will be a huge transformation of the health care system we know today. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an organization that is independent of government and provides unbiased advice used in making…
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Familiarity and understanding of the emotional burdens and stresses facing today’s nurses is precarious for illuminating how work stressors transmute into burnout and turnover. In 2002, the Bureau of Labor Statistics anticipated that the United States would be undersized 800,000 registered nurses of the nationalized necessity by year 2020. Recently, this figure has amplified to over one million registered nurses short of the need by 2012 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2010). There are numerous essentially…
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In today's healthcare settings, one of the primary roles of the ANP ( Advance Nurse Practitioner) is to work in collaboration with multiple health care members. This requires, the advanced practitioner to communicate patient's health care needs efficiently and effectively with other members of the professional team. The Clinical Decision-Making worksheet as described in the Spain article is a tool that provides a framework to guide the health care provider as a transition occurs from the traditional…
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Lynn McDonald informs us that Florence Nightingale was the originator of modern nursing. She believed it was essential to do more than medicate her patients; she applied a holistic approach that addressed her patients physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual needs. Her nursing philosophies are the cornerstone of nursing practices and they are used in a variety of hospitals, nursing homes, and clinical settings (McDonald 35). Nightingale would be proud to know her work wasn't in vain. Looking…
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“Occasionally, healthcare professionals may encounter individuals whose spiritual practices are highly questionable or discomforting to witness” (Catalano, 2015). Our patient is a Christian Scientist, they believe that prayer is the first line of treatment, reject medical treatment but believe on spiritual healing. Patient reject the surgery, refused the pain medication and request a Christian Science doctors to take care of him. And the surgeon still insist on continue with his plan of surgery and…
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limitations of the nursing practice. To meet the demand, improve quality, patient safety outcomes, and cost control have called for expanding the ANP role in the primary care and promoting their optimal Utilization. Understanding these concepts allows for the realization and…
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