...palliative care to promote an increase in healthy living, and a proactive approach to ones health which will help to prevent an increase in healthcare cost in the future. In order to be successful our profession will need to focus on nursing education, leadership, and nursing practice. Nurses are the nerve center of the healthcare system and ensuring these key components are in place will lead us to a successful future. The Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education “Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression” (IOM p.163) The IOM is a report which has created a plan for the growth and future of nursing which focuses on higher education to ensure nursing stays proactive in its approach in the ever changing field of medicine. The evolvement of the health care system requires nurses to further their knowledge through advanced education. The education will need to focus on the level of nursing degrees and advanced certifications. For an example; if it was required that all nurses practice with a BSN it would “provide a more uniform foundation for the re-conceptualized roles for nurses” (Johnson, 2011, p.170) which will provide consistency of care, patient centered focus, and better outcomes. Requiring higher levels of education also encourages nurses to prepare for other roles in the field such as management, team leads,...
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...Institute of Medicines Report on the Future of Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Review of the Institute of Medicines Report on the Future of Nursing In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report that focused on the future of nursing in the United States. This report included research, information and recommendations of how to improve the field of nursing. Three main points of the report included how to transform and advance nursing education, how to encourage and foster nurses in leadership roles, and how to improve the overall practice of nursing (Institute Of Medicine Of The National Academies, 2010). Specific recommendations helped to serve as a guide for nurses, physician, managers and policy makers to help improve nursing. Transforming Education According to the IOM (2010) report, education is a topic that needs major reinvention at many different levels in order to help mold nurses to stay effective in the healthcare field. Current nursing education focuses on teaching safe techniques, mastering skills and memorizing information. As the population evolves, nursing education must also involve to stay ahead of the needs of patients. The IOM points out two major avenues to which this can be achieved, changing the focus of nursing schools themselves and encouraging continued education after a nurse has received their license. Although there are numerous routes for one to receive their Registered Nurse license, the IOM shows that basic changes...
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...set limit to the duties nurses can carry out on patient, family and also the community. However, in order to transform the healthcare system to ensure safe, quality, accessible, and affordable care to all, the role of many healthcare professionals, especially nurses needs to be revaluated, updated, and adaptive enough to meet the changing needs of patient,. (www.iom.edu/Reports/2010) . Working at the front lines of patient care, nurses can assume a vital role in realizing a reformed healthcare system. To achieve these goal, the IOM committee came up with the report on the future of nursing practice, that nurses need to be fully involved in transforming the healthcare system to meeting the evolving health care needs of the patient, the following recommendations were made in their report, these include, practicing nursing profession to its full capability of training and education acquired, earning higher education level, partnering with physician and other healthcare professionals, and lastly better data collection of effective workforce ad improved information infrastructure, ( IOM report, 2010) The IOM report emphasized on the need for...
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...Medicine (IOM), a non-governmental, non-profit organization, developed to provide advice on the national level that addresses issues of medical care, education, and research. Through research, collected data, and nurse-led solutions, the IOM created an informative report in 2010 called The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which provides specific recommendations on the improvement of the nursing workforce and the healthcare delivery system. The report is directed towards various entities; individual policy makers, national state and government leaders, licensing bodies, educational institutions and consumer advocates, are just to name a few. Three particular recommendations, transforming education, transforming practice and transforming leadership, will be further discussed to display how each transformation will impact changes in the nursing profession and the health care delivery system. Transforming Education The first recommendation to be discussed that will impact change in the nursing profession and the health care delivery system is the transformation of education. The IOM report states that “nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression” (IOM, 2010, p. 163). Several educational pathways have become available for nurses to smoothly transition from the Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. The IOM report explains...
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...with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) established a two year Initiative on the Future of Nursing (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2011, p. 2). In an unprecedented partnership to explore challenges central to the future of the nursing profession. The IOM and RWJF stated that accessible, high quality care cannot be achieved without exceptional nursing care and leadership (IOM, 2011, p. 2). This paper will discuss and explore how the IOM report impacts nursing education, nursing practice, and the nurse’s leadership role. The IOM recommends entering the field of Nursing prepared with a baccalaureate degree can provide a consistent foundation. Due to the complexities of managing patient care with chronic illnesses qualified nurses will need to possess the knowledge and training of a higher level of education. The IOM recommends that hospitals have a workforce of at least 80 percent of registered nurses with a minimum of a BSN degree by the year 2020 (IOM, 2011, p. 173). Although, there still exists various modalities to entering the nursing profession without having a BSN. The goal for nurses with a diploma and associate degree are encouraged to further their education by entering a baccalaureate nursing program. The future of nursing depends on promoting the importance of higher education. The U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force have made it a requirement that all practicing nurses have a baccalaureate degree (IOM, 2011, p. 171). The IOM reports that bachelor prepared nurses...
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...Medicine (IOM) Report Alexandrea Waytes Grand Canyon University September 21,2014 Author Notes Research paper for Professional Development of Nursing Professionals, NUR 430, Misty Stone (Instructor) In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the IOM launched a two-year initiative to respond to the need to assess and transform the nursing profession. A report from the IOM (2010), entitled The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, recommended transformational changes in nursing education and practice, which position nurses to be a strong influence in shaping healthcare delivery systems, healthcare policy, and overall healthcare practices in the future. The committee developed four key messages. IOM report stated nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression. Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health care professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States. Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure. A number of barriers prevent nurses from being able to respond effectively to rapidly changing health care settings and an evolving health care system. These barriers need to be overcome to ensure that nurses are well- positioned to lead change and advance health (IOM,2010) This...
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...review the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on the future of nursing and highlight the need of lifelong education for nurses as changes occur in the American health care system. The leadership role of the 21st century nurse is changing in and outside of traditional healthcare settings. The paper will include possibilities of the nurse’s functions in the changing administrative and policy making capacity in the health care profession. In addition to providing information about educational needs and leadership roles the paper includes an opinion of personal practice as it relates to the goals of the IOM report’s Focus on Scope of Practice. Learning should be a lifelong venture for many professions that have changes occurring during their careers. Nursing is one of the professions that will benefit if the majority of practitioners take up the challenge of continual education during their careers. Society will be the beneficiary of the nurse’s increased knowledge and skill. The IOM report states “All health care organizations and schools of nursing should foster a culture of lifelong learning and provide resources for interprofessional continuing competency programs” (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010, p. 6). The report continues with recommendations of “funding for grants and scholarships for nurses” to accommodate the lifelong learning desires of nurses (IOM, 2010, Focus on Education, p. 4). Funds...
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...Valsamma Mathew Impact of IOM Report on Future of Nursing Grand Canyon University NRSV 430 09/16/2014 In October 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM), worked in concordance with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and released report called, “ Future of Nursing, leading change, Advancing Health.” The report proposed ways to improve the profession of nursing today from individual progress to bettering the national workforce as a whole. This report advocated for many changes in the practice of nursing. Such changes include enhancing nursing education to provide better quality patient care. The report also stresses the benefits of nurses actively partaking in leadership roles when treating patients. Moreover, the report suggests ways for nurses to be better practitioners at the community and national levels. Through these propositions, the IOM report has made a positive impact on the profession of nursing. The IOM report emphasizes the importance of education for nurses. The report recommends elevating the current standard of nursing education so that the basic requirement for licensure is a baccalaureate degree. The report cites that there is a positive correlation between the number of nurses with a BSN degree and improved patient outcomes. (Cronenwett, 2011), This suggests that the baccalaureate nurses are better equipped to provide quality patient care. Furthermore, IOM advises changing the existing nursing curriculum to implement focus on interpersonal collaboration...
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...The Transformation of Nursing This world we live in is forever changing, everything for modern technology to healthcare. In wanting to improving health outcome and ensure that all has access to affordable healthcare the United States has transformed the healthcare system ("IOM REPORT," 2011). This transformation will impact one of the largest sectors of the healthcare workforce which are nurses. According to the IOM, the Future of Nursing report released on October 5th, 2010 its designed to “…ensure that nurses an practice to the full extent of their education and training, improve nursing education, provide opportunities for nursing to assume leadership positions and to serve as full partners in health care redesign and improvement efforts…” ("IOM REPORT," 2011, p. 1). One of the most significant change that has happen since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 was in 2010 with the introduction of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This program will not only provide health insurance coverage for 32 million uninsured Americans but provide a seamless, affordable patient centered quality care to all ("IOM REPORT," 2011). So how will this affect nursing? Well due to all the changes, the nursing profession has to transform their practice, education and transition into the leadership role set forth. This paper will discuss all three. In order of any goal to be accomplished a strong education is the foundation. The standards of education before and after licensure must be universal...
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...6 April 2015 The Institute of Medicine (IOM) in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation embarked on a two-year research to produce a report that would assess nursing as a profession and make recommendation about the future of nursing. The report was completed and released in October 5, 2010 by the Institute of Medicine. The impact of this report has changed to the view and approach to nursing as a profession to meet these recommendations. Among these recommendations, nursing education was a top priority. According to the IOM, "nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression." (IOM, 2010). Nursing care within hospital and home settings are becoming more complex and demanding for nurses. As the demands and complexity of care changes, the IOM feels that a more educated workforce would be able to meet these demands. As such, the IOM recommends that 80% of the nursing workforce possess a Bachelor in Science of Nursing (BSN) degree by the year 2020. (IOM, 21010) The formal education involved in getting a BSN ensures that nurses are getting a strong foundation in nursing science and models of care that can be effectively modified in a changing environment. In an accelerated program such as an associate degree in nursing, or a diploma in nursing, the students are mainly exposed to the basic knowledge of patient care. The IOM also addresses the future of nursing as a whole...
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...Future of Nursing: “Leading Change, Advancing Health” Introduction In brief report of Institute of Medicine (IOM) of october 2101 “ the Future of Nursing” states that the nursing profession is the leading agent of work force in health care today. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will entitle additional 32 million Americans to have access to health care, the nurses will need to be well educated and be prepared to meet the current and future demands of the health care system.( pg 271). In this paper I will be discussing the impact of the IOM Report on nursing education, on nursing practice, particularly in primary care, impact of the IOM Report on nursing role as a leader, and finally, how I as a nurse will implement these changes in my practice to meet the goals of the IOM Report. Impact on Nursing Education; With the evolving health care demands, changing and expanding nurses role in acute setting as well as in the community education plays most important part. In the IOM report the emphasis was placed on advancing nursing degrees, to make easy, seamless transition to advance nursing practices and to improve education system. Advancing Nursing Degree. First is advancing nursing degree by increasing the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020. ( pg 22). IOM directs health care organizations to encourage nurses to advance their degrees within...
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...Institute of Medicine (IOM) made a press release concerning the release of the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. There are over three million nurses making up the largest sector of healthcare. While nurses spend the greatest number of hours providing patient care, nursing as a profession has a great impact to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Institute of medicine, 2010). Three of the key topics discussed in the report are the IOM’s impact on nursing education, nursing practice and the nurse’s role as a leader. The impact of the IOM report on nursing education The key message of chapter four, Transforming Education of the IOM report simply states that nurses should achieve higher education. They should accomplish this through an improved education system that makes is a smooth transition. There have been many changes in the U.S. health care system. With these changes, the report suggests that to be able to accommodate the changes nursing education must improve as well. Nursing education should just not stop when one passes the NCLEX exam. Nursing education should be a lifelong process of continuing education. The associate degree programs were developed in the past to attract more nurses during the nursing shortage. Today, there are more demands to higher nurses with bachelor’s degrees. Presently, the report states that the...
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...Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Grand Canyon University NRS 430V: Professional Dynamics February 1, 2015 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF NURSING PROFESSIONALS In 1970, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was formed to assistance the government and non-government agencies in making decisions regarding healthcare, using reliable evidence. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation sponsored the IOM 2010 report, which is viewed as one of the first attempt involving the future of nursing (Institute of Medicine, 2011). A study was organized to research the numerous ways in which nurses can transform and attempt to find solutions to improve health and organize a patient-centered health care system. The report mainly sought to develop a conventional nursing structure for the future, so that the diverse population of United States can receive quality, affordable care. The impact of the IOM report on nursing education The report by IOM has strongly influences the field of education for nursing. The health sector is constantly improving at a maximum pace. To keep up with the constant changes, nursing staff must update their education level. This will help them adhere to the requirements of the evolving health care framework, which can be accomplished by advanced education and specialization (Rubenfeld & Scheffer, 2010). Due to the advancement of the healthcare industry, physicians are encountering new challenges and difficulties that were not present in the past. For this reason...
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...Medicine (IOM) Report of 2010 discusses the need for nurses in different areas of healthcare and education. This paper will talk about the impact of the IOM Report on education in nursing, on the practice of nursing in primary care, and on nurse leadership. The Institute of Medicine 2010 (IOM) Report reveals the 2010 Affordable Care Act is the largest healthcare renovation since 1965. Changing the healthcare system to deliver safe, excellent, patient-centered, accessible, and inexpensive health care will involve a complete changing of the roles of various health care professionals, particularly nursing. To understand this vision, nursing education must be profoundly better before and also after nurses obtain their licenses (IOM 2010). Nurses are being summoned to fill expanding roles and to dominate high-tech tools and information management systems while teaming up and organizing care with assemblies of health care professionals. To answer these growing demands, the IOM committee requests for nurses to attain a higher level of learning and recommends that they are schooled in new ways that better help them to meet the needs of the public (IOM 2010). A more cultivated nursing workforce would be better prepared to meet the demands of an ever changing healthcare system, and this demand could be met by increasing the number of nurses with a baccalaureate degree (IOM 2010). The quantity of nurses with baccalaureate degrees is anticipated to be 80 percent by 2020 (IOM 2010). Ridge...
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...Impact on the Future 1 Nursing’s Future after the 2010 Institute of Medicine Report Jennifer Klein Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-0102 April 24, 2016 Impact on the Future 2 Introduction The 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” has created a positive and irreversible impact on the future of Nursing. The IOM report according to the American Nurses Association, “calls on nurses to take a greater role in America’s increasingly complex health care system.” The report has triggered a domino effect on the impact for the nursing field in correlation to nurse’s education, practice, and their role as a leader. The Impact of the IOM Report The impact of the IOM report on nursing education: The IOM committee asserts that nurses must achieve higher levels of education to include being taught in new ways so that every nurse may rise to the challenge of an everchanging patient climate. The first and second points set forth by the Institute of Medicine address nurses and their practice in regards to training and education. These two points have pushed employers to encourage nurses to further their education and most are offering financial assistance to nurses to ensure this opportunity is taken advantage of and achieved. Many employers that offered financial assistance in the past have increased their yearly maximum allowance in tuition for nurses to ensure this educational achievement can be met...
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