...Nursing Leadership Health Policy Paper Shoba Jacob Grand Canyon University Ethics, Policy and Finances in the Health Care System NUR-508 Nursing Leadership Health Policy Paper Professional growth and maintaining competencies mainly in knowledge and skill in the field of nursing is very important. Nurses needs to be updated with the current scope and standards of nursing practice. One of the important characteristics of any profession is the accurate educational preparation which can be achieved with the interest of the individual and funding. Every nurse is responsible for the professional growth (Association, 2001) Purpose for a Policy Change Education is important, it is the base for gaining knowledge and wisdom. It is an important tool and a path for success and paves the way in becoming good future citizens to the community, institution/organization and country. Once a person becomes a registered nurse (RN), it becomes important to pursue the career which helps nurses to apply and pass the knowledge to the fellow co-workers, apply the knowledge at the bed side with real patients and also in highly pressured situations. This knowledge gained by pursuing the career is also beneficial for the nursing students, by observing the clinical practice actions of skilled experienced nurses (Jackson, 2009). Due to the nations shortage of nurses, the effort to educate more nurses and advanced practice nurses has become one of the urging needs and the goal is to reach 340...
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...Nursing Shortage (revision) October 29, 2012 The nursing shortage is an issue that is battled worldwide. There is evidence that there was a growing concern of a nursing shortage in the United States dating back to the early 1960’s. In a March 2012 report it was noted that the healthcare job market is exceeding the growth realized in 2011. This growth accounts for one out of every five new jobs in 2012 according the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS). Registered Nursing will be the top occupation in terms of job growth through 2020 with the number of employed nurses increasing by 712,000 which is a 26% increase. (Rosseter, 2012) Will this growth satisfy the increasing demand for healthcare services? It is important to first look at some of the problem areas facing the United States Healthcare system in regard to Registered Nurses. It is significant to note that the nursing shortage is due in part to the aging workforce. Presently 75% of the nurses are older than 40 years of age. Many nurses around the age of 54 are electing to decrease their hours. There is increasing evidence that nurses are seeking early retirement at 62. The largest group of nurses will soon start to retire which is expected to create a 20% shortage due to the aging workforce. (Duvall, 2010) In addition to the worries about the aging workforce, there are concerns about stress, job satisfaction, and physical demands on the nursing population. Nurses are particularly susceptible...
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...program, and the Baccalaureate programs. Though all are eligible to take the same NCLEX-RN exam to attain licensure for practice as registered nurses, they all practice at different levels of competencies and scopes. Although the cognitive abilities between the associate degree and the baccalaureate degree nurses are similar, the difference between these two practicing nurses is mostly related to the level of preparedness and their role functioning standards. The achievement of BSN by practicing nurses serves to enhance nursing care particularly on individuals, families and community like the ADN, but also extends their expertise to community health, leadership, research and evidence based practice. Although the differences in the abilities may not be evident in the beginning of their nursing practice, it becomes pronounced as these nurses gain experience in clinical areas. On like the associates level, the “BSN education includes additional course work in nursing and a broader range of studies in other disciplines” (McEwen). The BSN nurse receives more extensive preparation in the sciences and liberal arts and broader theories to base their understanding of the psychosocial and physiological behaviors of their patients. This gives them the platform for greater...
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...Nursing Research Study: Evaluation of Linear Measurement and Growth Plotting in an Inpatient Pediatric Setting Student Grand Canyon University NRS433V July 11, 2010 Nursing Research Study Summary The heights and weights of children can be key indicators of normal growth and development for each child and should be done routinely in a variety of patient care settings. The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary on the recent article in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing, Evaluation of Linear Measurement and Growth Plotting in an Inpatient Setting (Lipman, Euler, Markowitz, & Ratcliffe, 2009), in which nursing researchers documented an evaluation of the processes of obtaining measurement in their urban children’s hospital. Background The issue of a lack of properly done and routine measurements in pediatrics has been the topic of many studies done in the settings of pediatric and family practice offices. Inpatient admissions offer a unique opportunity to assess the growth of children. The purpose of the study being summarized was to “determine adherence to hospital policy and accuracy of growth documentation by obtaining data on the linear measuring practices to inform and improve nursing care” (Lipman, Euler, Markowitz, & Ratcliffe, 2009). The setting for the study was an urban children’s hospital in which the staff is exclusively registered nurses. “Registered nurses are significantly more likely to measure children accurately” (Hench, et al., 2005). Proper...
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...Perceptualizing the Profession In the health care field, there is ongoing debate on subjects such as health care reform, ethical dilemmas, and ideals regarding nursing as a profession. Those debating the issue are generally passionate about their stance on regarded topics. Some teeter or straddle the fence, while others have no opinion or just do not care. The view of nurses in the workforce has fueled discussions on how nursing is categorized in terms of perception: Is nursing an occupation or is it a profession? In the Oxford Dictionary (US) online (2014), the word profession is defined as “a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and formal qualifications.” A precise definition has been debated among scholars since the beginning of the 1900’s and was historically reserved for learned professions such as law, ministry, medicine and educators of higher learning (Williams, Onsman, & Brown, 2009). It is interesting to note, as society has changed, so has the term, profession, in its application. There are professions such as athletes or actors and actresses who have coined the term profession, which only serves to further distort the public’s perception and acceptance. This perceptual view varies across geographical, cultural and historical milieu. In an effort to understand nursing as a profession and where it may be in the future, one must return to its very beginning. Regardless of the blurred edges, the criteria of a profession have evolved...
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...Values A) Functional Differences: The functional differences between a regulatory agency, like the Texas Board of Nursing and a Professional Nursing Organization, like with Texas Nurses Association, are many. Even though both agencies support nursing, they do in different ways. The mission statement of the Texas Board of Nursing is as follows: “The mission of the Texas Board of Nursing is to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice safely” ("Mission and Values," n.d., para. 1). One of the primary roles of the BON is license issues. They issue and renew licenses for nurses in the State of Texas. They issue all licenses to graduates of approved nursing education programs. All nurses are required to renew their licenses on a biennial basis with evidence of required continuing education. In the State of Texas, RN’s must have twenty hours of CEU’s every two years for this renewal process. The BON enforces the NPA (Nurse Practice Act) and nursing education, conducting investigations of complaints against nurses and adjudicating complaints ("Licensure Renewal," n.d.). Texas Nurses Association (TNA) is a professional nursing organization with supports and advocates for nurses. The mission statement of the TNA is as follows: “Advancing the nursing profession through leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation” ("Mission," n.d., para. 1). The TNA was founded...
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...the foundations and history of nursing provide a context in which to understand current practice? Identify at least three trends in nursing practice from the "Nursing Timeline of Historical Events" media piece. How have these trends influenced your perspective of nursing practice? My understanding of the nursing history used to be limited to Florence Nightingale time during the Crimean war. However, after watching the slides and read other resources, I realised that nursing history go way back before Florence Nightingale. In order to understand nursing, the history must not be waved aside as a thing of the past.Nursing over many decades has made a lot of great progress. Dorothea Lynde Dix made a landmark by initiating first nursing registration.Effort of Elizabeth Mahoney for coloured nurses despite racial discrimination made positive change among coloured nurses.Midred Montag's idea about 2 year associate nursing degree gave birth to many nursing schools. All these people and many others have made a tremedous progress in nursing,from bedside nursing to nursing research. The foundation of nursing today is laid on the efforts of brave men and women who practiced and gave their best to the profession. Nursing has risen from a profession that is not respected to a highly competitive profession. Despite many changes and trends in nursing, nursing has remained a profession whose primary responsibility is to care for the patients. From the "Nursing Timeline of Historical Events"...
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...Basic concepts in nursing science School of Nursing Medical University March, 2005 Introduction 1. Definition of nursing science 2. Four basic concepts that affect and determine the nursing practice (1) Human being (2) Environment (3) Health (4) Nursing Human being 1. The human being is a uniform whole （entirety） (1) Concept of a whole (2) The uniform whole of human being 1) Physiological 2) Psychological 3) Social 4) Spiritual 5) Cultural 3. The human being is an open system (open whole) (1) Close system (2) Open system 4. The scope of human being in nursing (1) Individual (2) Family (3) Community (4) Society Basic goal of human being: To maintain the balance of organism 1) Balance among subsystems of an organism 2) Balance between organism and its environment (internal environment and external environment) 2. Basic need of human being (1) Definition of basic need 1) Need 2) Basic need of human being (2) Types of basic need 1) Physiological need 2) Social need 3) Affective need 4) Cognitive need 5) Spiritual need (3) Characteristics of basic need 1) Approximately same basic need 2) The importance of each need for each person is different 3) All the basic needs are interconnected and interactive (4) Factors that affect meeting needs ...
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...The Future of Nursing Tonya Lipscomb Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics March 17, 2013 The Future of Nursing The field of nursing is a vast profession with continual growth into several different areas of the medical arena. With the Affordable Care Act of 2010, the need for nurses went on the rise and is at a steady rise. The Institute of 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...
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...Nursing is one of the few professions with vast opportunities for growth and advancement Opportunities abound in both the clinical tract and the management tract of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the advancement opportunities one has as a professional nurse with a bachelor of science ( BSN) degree. In the Clinical tract, we see nurses moving up the ladder through advancement in education. Most nurses started as Nurses Aid or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). A number of nurses advanced by obtaining an Associate of Nursing Degree (ADN), and subsequently passed the state board of nursing exam to become a registered nurse. (Carter, 2012). As frontline RN, you are inclined to confront real life and death issues; be it resuscitating a patient in the unit or providing care for terminally ill patients. You acquire experience and become very comfortable with patient care in the clinical setting. However, the quest for more knowledge and the belief that we can do better, motivates an individual to pursue higher education like the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or a Masters of Science Degree in Nursing (MSN). These undertakings allow for the exploration of other opportunities in the clinical setting as well as the management setting. (Donley & Fiaherty,, 2008). Some of the opportunities in the clinical tract include Unit Nurse Educator, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Nurse Practitioner (NP), and Clinical Nurse Specialist just to mention...
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...Bastian Metropolitan State University Professional Nursing Practice Professional nursing to me is very important in order to provide excellent patient care and isn’t defined by either an Associates or BSN degree. Professional nursing to me combines the following qualities: competence, leadership, compassion, and teamwork. As a professional nurse we need to be competent in order to provide safe and effective care to our patients. By using evidence-based research and continued education we are able to provide the care patients deserve. Leadership is another very important quality to have as a professional nurse because it helps us advocate for our patients and colleagues. Compassion...
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...Concepts HCS/552 Jayme Carrico 2013 Economic Tool and Concepts The health care industry has been experience for many century the shortage of nurses. It is perceive by the health care industry the shortage of nursing supply than the demand across the country. The demand for nurses in every health care organization growth in a daily basic as the technology advance. The consumers are always demanding for more personalize and quality of health care services at the time they are seeking for health care delivery creating nurses supply to be less in every health organization. A few probable reasons for nursing shortage within the health care industry can be the number of nurses in the workforce with a close retiring date, immigrated nurses from other country that works under constrained work permit, and also the population growth. As population increase the requirement for health care providers and services the growth of nursing and medical providers’ shortage will be notable. According to Getzen (2007), “There has recently been a growing recognition that instead of a surplus, a future shortage of physicians may occur. Since the number of U.S. medical graduates has not kept pace with the growth in U.S. population” (Chapter 7, p. 161). The nursing shortage and medical providers has become extremely demanded within the health care industry to provide a quality of health care. The following information will define economic concepts such as supply curve, demand curve,...
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...this higher demand for registered nurses. Nursing schools are struggling to expand capacity to meet the needs of the rising demand for care given the national move toward health care reform ("Nursing Shortage", 2014). Registered nurses compromise the largest group of health care professionals. The nursing shortage has caused adverse effects in health care, and nurses are often working long hours under stressful conditions causing them to become burnt-out, injured and fatigued. Patient safety is at risk along with poor quality of care due to the nurses being tired, and they become more prone to making mistakes and medical errors. Demand The request of registered nurses is not new in the health care industry; it has been here for decades. In 2000, the supply of registered nurses was about 1.89 million while the demand was approximately 2 million, causing a shortage of 110,000 ("Nursing Shortage", 2014). The request for nurses is expected to continue to increase and by 2015 quadruple. The lack of nurses is not just limited to the United States but is worldwide. Registered nurses compromise the largest group of health care professionals. Demand versus supply continues to be an issue with the increasing shortages of registered nurses (RN) and the growing demand for health care services. Due to the increase in population, baby boomers aging, and an increase in chronic disease is causing this higher demand for registered nurses. Nursing schools are struggling to expand capacity...
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...impacts the health status and quality of life of the population. Factors that impact health care are the importance of supplying adequate nursing personnel and retaining RN’s in the workplace. There is a need to provide resources to educate registered nurses along with recruiting future registered nurses. “Economists use the concepts of demand and supply to inquire how the quantity of services used changes as price changes” (Getzen, 2007, p. 24). The purpose of this paper is to discuss demand versus supply of registered nurses and the effects of consumer demand versus the economic variables of cost, access, and supply. Demand Registered nurses are in more demand than ever before because of the continued nursing shortages. Factors contributing to the shortages are advancements in technology, people are living longer, and the health care needs are more complicated. In the early years nurses were trained to take vital signs, administer shots, and insert catheters. Nurse training in the past was more focused on bedside nursing compared to today’s nurses are doing more specialized care and training is more technical. “Today’s shortage, however, is exacerbated by an increased demand for health services required by the aging population and an increased demand for all levels of nursing personnel outside the traditional hospital and nursing home settings” (Louisiana State Board...
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...Image and Voice of Nursing Mary Wilcox Thomas Edison State College Leadership and Management in Nursing NUR428 Mary Wombwell November 27, 2011 Historical image of nursing Florence Nightingale is known to many as the historical image of nursing. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War where she tended to wounded soldiers rounding at night holding a small lamp. Nightingale was a strong-willed advocate for the field of nursing. Her advocacy was for the” improvement of care and conditions” (MacQueen, 2007, p. 31) for patients making significant achievements during her career. In the western world for centuries, nursing as an “organized institution” (Buresh & Gordon, 2006, p. 179) was provided through Christian religious institutions. In religious sects, nurses were socialized to sacrifice every shred of their identity being “obedient members of an anonymous mass” (Gordon, 2006, p. 2). Religious nurses were taught not to claim credit for their work and accomplishments. Instead, they were educated to view themselves as divine instruments who willingly assigned credit to “God, the Bishop, the Abbot, or the Mother Superior” (Gordon, 2006, p. 3) for their accomplishments. Often, nurses were not viewed by their sex, not allowed to marry, and were sheltered in or near the hospitals in dormitories. In the 19th century, religious and social reformers such as Florence Nightingale adapted the religious template to help women who needed to...
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