...The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Lisa Greenspon Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430V-0102 Elizabeth Larkins May 5, 2013 The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health “According to the IOM report, the nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation’s healthcare workforce. Nursing represents the largest sector of the health professions, with more than 3 million registered nurses in the United States.” Transforming Practice Patients, in any healthcare setting, deserve respect and care that is centered on their unique needs. Nurses and health care are required to assist them to achieve this goal. Changing the health care system will require us to reestablish our roles as health professionals. We strive to provide and improve quality care, availability of healthcare to all patients and to help patients to value health through high quality care through proper education to gets patients healthy and understand that they need to maintain their health with our support. Building competency within the nursing practice can be done by: Encouraging and supporting nurses to practice to the full extent of their education, training, and competencies; and to foster interprofessional collaboration. Achieving such a shift will enable nurses to provide higher-quality care, reduce errors, and increase safety. Knowledge builds confidence and confidence builds competence. By transforming practice, we can create...
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...IOM Report: The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Zillian Harvey Grand Canyon University NRS-430V September 27,2015 IOM Report: The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health The Institute of Medicine(IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)conducted a survey from 2008-2010 which analyzed changes needed to reform nursing profession thereby improving healthcare in the United States overall. Due to the many challenges being faced by the healthcare system the report was done to focus on the evolving healthcare system focusing on the need for changes in the nursing profession. The committee focused on three primary areas of concern in the health care system which are quality, access and value. There has been a shift in the health challenges facing the health care system. There is a increase in disease processes conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, mental health which affects almost ever 2 Americans(CDC,2010a). These conditions are expected to continue (DeVol etal., 2007) with contributing factors such as diabetes. The aging population has seen a rise in the extensiveness of chronic illnesses. Census projections predicts the population of citizens older than 65 is expected to rise from 12.7 percent in 2008 to 19.3 percent in 2030 (U.S. Census Bureau 2008), due to the increasing life expectancy of the Baby Boomers. Projections from the U.S. census board projects...
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...How the IOM report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” Impacts Nursing Kylie Kuehl Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V March 7, 2016 How the IOM Report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” Impacts Nursing In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a nursing report titled “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” The report stressed the importance of developing a more highly educated nursing workforce, providing nurses more leadership opportunities, and interdisciplinary collaboration (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2013). The release of the IOM report has lead to a number of revolutionary changes in nursing education and practice; it has impacted all aspects of the nursing profession. When it comes to nursing education, the recommendation stated in the IOM report is that nurses should obtain higher levels of education and preparation. Specifically, it is recommended that the percentage of BSN educated nurses be increased to 80% by the year 2020. The release of the IOM report has provided the momentum necessary to change nursing education across the country. (Institute of Medicine, 2011) One particular program that was approved in response to the report is The Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School. The concept of this middle college was developed due to the number of students from low-income areas that were dropping out of nursing school. The middle college is intended to...
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...a two year study on the nursing profession and changes needed to advance the future of nursing practice. The introduction of the report states the groups “established a 2-year Initiative on the Future of Nursing. The cornerstone of the initiative is this committee, which was tasked with producing a report containing recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing, including changes in public and institutional policies at the national, state, and local levels” (IOM, 2011). This report also determined that nurses should continue to strive for higher levels of education and advanced training using an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression unlike the stair-step type systems currently in place that do not facilitate education advancement. So when Congress passed the the Affordable Care Act March of 2010, which is the biggest reformation of the healthcare system since the Medicare and Medicaid programs were first created in 1965, created even more of a need for more nurses in advanced clinical roles. According to Medicaid.gov, “The Affordable Care Act is actually two separate pieces of legislation; the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152). Together these 2 legislative acts expand Medicaid coverage to millions of low-income Americans and makes numerous improvements to both Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program”(CMS,...
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...report on Future Nursing Compare to some other developed countries American health care is very complex and expensive. The need to develop a health care system that is affordable to every citizen is very necessary to face the challenges and get a better care to the diverse populations of the United States. Since nurse working in the front line of health care and largest health care professionals Nurses should be full partners, with other health professionals, in redesigning our health care and make sure that care is delivered safely, effectively, and compassionately. But there are some obstacles that prevent nurses from participate in the front line of health care formation. Nurses should identify these obstacle and respond immediately to play a leading role in the future and transforming health system. In 2010 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM)published a report that focus on the future of nursing after two years of research. The report divided into three parts. Part one describes how the U.S. health care system is evolving and the committee’s vision for health care in the United States, explains why nurses have an essential role in realizing this vision and why a fundamental transformation of the nursing profession is needed.(The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,2011, p. 17) part two details the fundamental transformation of the nursing profession that is needed to achieve the improved health care system...
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...In 2010, the Institute of Medicine produced The Future of Nursing report in response to the United States Congress passing health care reform legislation, and the enactment of the Affordable Healthcare Act (AHA). The passing of these laws provides a platform in which the United States can forever change the health care system. The numerous goals of the IOM report are focused on the role of nursing in this transformation of care. “By virtue of its numbers and adaptive capacity, the nursing profession has the potential to effect wide-reaching changes in the health care system.” (The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, 2011, pg.2) Besides the numbers, nurses are at the patient bedside and beyond (community and public health centers, schools etc.), providing care to a diverse patient population. Therefore, according to the IOM report, nurses are thought to be ideal in the leadership of redesigning and improving system of healthcare in the United States. The IOM report shows that there are many levels of nursing involvement in the transformation of healthcare. One main and prominent focus is Education. “Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training” (The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, 2011, pg.163) This key statement addresses a barrier cited by the IOM noting the high turnover rate among newly graduated nurses, illuminating the reality that the field of nursing is losing talented new graduates before that talent...
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...IOM Report: "The Future of Nursing Leading Change Advancing Health" Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Review Of the IOM Report: "The Future of Nursing Leading Change Advancing Health" This is a Review of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report: "The Future of Nursing Leading change Advancing Health. Primarily focusing on sections 3 Transforming Practice, 4 Transforming Education, and 5 Transforming Leadership. IOM: The Future of Nursing Leading Change Advancing Health The Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a two-year study to assess the current state of nursing as a profession and provide recommendations for transforming the nursing profession. The key messages and recommendations that they come up with as a result of this study provide a synopsis of the report from the Committee on the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the IOM. These key messages and recommendations provide a "how to" blueprint for the future of nursing (IOM Report, 2011). IOM Key Messages As a result of the study, the IOM committee came up with 4 key messages that structure the main points, discussion and recommendations in this report: 1. Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training. 2. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression. 3. Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health professionals, in redesigning health care in the United...
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...Impact of the 2010 IOM report on the Future of Nursing Carolina Rosales Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430V Vernon Thacker February 20, 2016 Impact of the 2010 IOM report on the Future of Nursing Nurses have an important role in the healthcare system. Nurses are the first and last part of the chain in the patient care. During the past 40 years the nursing profession has become more popular with over 3 million of active registered nurses ("Total Number of Professionally Active Nurse," 2016), the nursing career is one of the largest and essential part in the healthcare system. During the year of 2008, The Institute of Medicine and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) built a two-year study to answer the immediate necessity to redesign the career of nursing (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010). The idea was to build some guidelines for the future of nursing profession in order to adjust, engage and guide actual needs and rapid changes of healthcare reform. The committee placed together some important roles surrounded by legal concerns picturing the future of nursing. The IOM report pays particular attention on many critical elements of nursing. The principal focus of the report was to create recommendations not only for the advance practice registered nurses, but also to provide opportunities for leadership and improvements in nursing education. Nurses are an integral part in the healthcare system; we contribute in all areas from acute care...
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...Running head: THE FUTURE OF NURSING The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Victoria G. Tapia Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V March 25, 2012 The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health On October 5, 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its recommendations in Nursing in the United States, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” For two years a committee named Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) worked to study facts, research literature, learn practices across the United States, and understand the reason change needed to happen to nursing in the complex changing healthcare. RWJF’s belief is that nursing is one of the largest portions of healthcare workforce and in partnership, able to actively achieve “accessible, high-quality healthcare.” They believed that transforming practice, transforming education, and transforming leadership in nursing will allow this to happen and reach this goal. This change was to increase a healthier population in the United States and expand the new improved healthcare system. One of the key impacts on the IOM report on nursing education stated that nurses achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes accessible academic progression. Nursing education needs to focus not only on delivering safe quality patient care but also focusing on care management, quality needs for the patient in the future, management, and constant...
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...How the Institute of Medicine Affects Nursing Carrie D. Brown NURS430-V Professional Dynamics Grand Canyon University June 3, 2016 The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report was written as a guide to help nurses build a stronger health care system. The Institute of Medicine focused on prevention and wellness. Nurses need to have more education and put into practice the education and training they have received. An associate degree is ok to have but a baccalaureate degree is recommended. A baccalaureate degree has a bigger knowledge of community health. Higher educations have been linked to lower mortality rates. This is one of the many reasons a baccalaureate degree is wanted by employers. Having more availability to health care nurses will play different roles in health care. Health care will focus more on prevention. This will benefit practice registered nurses as they will be able to be the primary care provider. Nurses will be able to use their education. This will include education of patients and families. The Institute of Medicine is a nonprofit, organization whose purpose is to give advice in regards to medicine and health. It works separately from the U.S. federal government and provides “unbiased, evidence-based, and authoritative information and advice concerning health and science policy to policy-makers, professionals, leaders in every sector of society, and the public at large” (“Institute of Medicine, “2013.) In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM)...
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...The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12956.html Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine PREPUBLICATION COPY: UNCORRECTED PROOFS Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12956.html THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by Contract No. 65815 between the National Academy of Sciences and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project. International Standard Book Number 0-309-XXXXX-X (Book) International Standard Book Number 0-309- XXXXX -X (PDF) Library of Congress Control Number: 00 XXXXXX Additional copies of this report are available from the National Academies...
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...of the 2010 IOM Report on The Future of Nursing Robert Loperfido Felician Health Policy and Politics NURS 385 Helena Correia RNC, MSN August 18, 2014 The Impact of the 2010 IOM Report on The Future of Nursing The United States is at a significant junction. Health care reforms are being carried out and the system is beginning to change. The largest component of the health care workforce is nurses and the needs to strengthen this group will only improve the delivery of care and the health care system. The IOM and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation established that accessible, high quality care cannot be achieved without extraordinary nursing care and leadership (American Nurses Association, 2014, p. 1). The report calls on nurses individually and as a profession to embrace changes needed to promote health, prevent illness and care for people across the lifespan. The report also calls for support from interprofessional collaborations from physicians, dieticians, physical therapist and other multisector professions to work with nurses to make the changes necessary for a more accessible, cost efficient and high quality health care system. This report expands on the theme that high quality, safe, evidence based patient centered care is a critical role of nursing and that to have a successful health care system rests on the future of nursing (Institute of Medicine, 2010). In 2010 the President signed into law and Congress approved health care legislation called the Affordable...
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...Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Kaylene Ross Grand Canyon University November 30, 2014 Professional Development of Nursing Professionals The Institute of Medicine ( IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health was published in 2010. This report looked at the most trusted profession in the United States, nursing, to recommend practice and insure safe quality care to citizens in the coming years. Through its deliberations, the committee developed four key messages: 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 and effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure.("Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health," 2013) This paper will focus on the impact of the IOM report on nursing education, nursing practice and the role of nurses. Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education As centuries pass by, the technology and education needs for members of the healthcare team increase and become more complex. 100 years ago nurse education consisted of 2-3 years of training in a hospital setting ending up with a diploma. In 2010, the IOM report suggested that by 2020...
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...The 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...
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...The Future of Nursing In 2010 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJK), a subsidiary of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), issued a report on nursing called, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, (http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursig-Leadership-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx). According to the IOM official website, (http://www.iom.edu/), “…the IOM provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policy makers, health professional, the private sector, and the public. The IOM advises Congress on important health questions, from the quality of medical care to conflicts of interest in medical research”. The IOM also states that they make honest calls and request that the highest standards be provided to the public and will provide information to decision makers so regulations or policies can be changed to improve health, (http://www.iom.edu/About-IOM/Making-a-Difference.aspx). The IOM is a highly respected non-biased institution, with its elected members consisting of individuals known for excellence in their field of practice; suggestions made by the IOM carries a great deal clout. The 2010 report suggest some major changes need to me made in nursing to keep up with the demanding field of health care. The Future of Nursing Report listed eight recommendations and four focus points on how and why nursing needs to change, focusing primarily on nursing education, leadership, and practice. With the Affordable Care Act of 2010,...
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