...IOM Report and the Future of Nursing The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, as well as the changing needs of patients over several decades, have began putting pressures on the healthcare system as more people will have insurance coverage and greater access to healthcare than ever before. The nursing profession is now in a unique position to change healthcare in providing affordable and quality care that is more accessible. At present, there is a shortage to meet these demands and provide quality care that is needed for millions patients that are soon to be added by healthcare coverage. The IOM report put forth a vision and recommendations that puts nursing in the center of needed reforms to meet these challenges. The IOM report makes recommendations specific to nursing education as nursing is a unique profession that offers multiple pathways to entry-level practice. Changes in the healthcare system will require changes in the education of nurses. The report makes certain that nurses will need further educational qualifications to ensure quality care that is safe and patient centered. Competencies needed to practice have expanded greatly especially in areas of community and public health, teamwork and collaboration, research and evidence based practice, geriatrics, as well as leadership in healthcare system improvement and health policy (Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, IOM report, 2011, p. 6). Nursing roles are frequently changing...
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...Nursing and Future Changes: The IOM Report Grand Canyon University Nursing and Future Changes: The IOM Report The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report from 2011 titled “The Future of Nursing Leading Change, Advancing Health” focuses on the future of health care. The primary focus is on advanced nursing roles such as Nurse Practitioners. However, it does include the future roles of the RN. Although the primary focus is on Nurse Practitioners it is still relevant to the RN because health care changes will affect all roles of nursing. This report focuses on the future of nursing education, nursing practice, and the nurse’s role as a leader. All of these areas affect nurses, no matter what level of education you have obtained. We are all educated, we all practice nursing, and we are all leaders in some capacity. The IOM Report on Nursing Education Within the IOM report there are recommendations. Recommendation numbers three and four are about education. Recommendation number three recommends that nurses should have a residency program. It suggests that nurses should be more equipped to transition into the field after formal education. In providing a residency program the nurse would be more familiar with the work field and how to interact with patients as well as with other professionals in the medical field (Institute of Medicine, 2011). Through personal experience it is known that in 2007 120 hours of on floor time with a staff nurse was required of nursing students...
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...The future of nursing: the impact of the IOM report on the nursing profession Rakia Adam Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V July 14, 2013 The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an independent organization providing advice that is unbiased and authoritative to the public and to private sectors (About the IOM 2012). It asks and answers the most national pressing questions on health and healthcare (About the IOM 2012). In 2010, the IOM after thoroughly reviewing the multiple factors and the changes that were about to take place in America’s healthcare system came out with some recommendations in a report. These recommendations will impact nursing education, nursing practice particularly in the primary care setting and the nurse’s role as a leader. This paper will focus on the future of nursing in the changing health care system to meet the IOM report goals. First, with the passing of the affordable care act (ACA) of 2010, more opportunities were created for nurses to practice to their greatest capacity because patients, in all settings, deserved care that is centered on their unique needs and not what is most convenient for the health professionals. (" The future," 2010). Preventive care and primary care services will be needed for new insurance holders as required by the ACA. In rural areas, patients can be seen by advanced practical nurses instead of primary care providers. Research has shown that most NP are capable with the supervision of physician to follow...
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...levels of leadership are creating a financially stable patient centered industry that will thrive far in to the future. The Institute of Medicine has taken direct action to champion this change. Impact of IOM on Education Key message number two from the IOM publication speaks true to the desire for a more educated nursing field. “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advocating Health, states “nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression”. (The future of, 2011) The trend toward bachelor educated nurses is the foundation for the other changes that the IOM has put forth in this report. BSN nurses have further education and a more diverse background that will allow them to move seamlessly from education in to practice in the fields of leadership, case management and community settings all of which the report seeks to impact directly. Largely this movement is directed from the need of patient care coordination, the use of evidence-based practice and research skills within healthcare all of which the BSN have developed competencies according to American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN’s) Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice. The IOM also addresses the need for “nursing...
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...Nursing Reflection Paper There has been an incessant change in the nursing line of work. The nursing range of practice is broadening; this has necessitated highly learned nurses (Van Leuven, 2014). Just as suggested in the IOM report, the nursing practice’s future ought to have additional skilled and merited nurses. The report sought to brighten up the nursing future. The proposals offered in the IOM report included ensuring that the nurses in baccalaureate level rose to 80% by 2020 with the doctorate-level nurses rising by 100% besides encouraging continuous learning among nursing practitioners (IOM, 2010). In this study, I intend to offer a discussion on how to personally play a part in these suggestions. Besides that, this study offers my opportunities in the employment sector besides discussing how increasing education in my current...
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...Impact of 2010 iom report on future of nursing The nursing profession is a vast expanding profession that is based on new researches and innovations. In this profession attention is directed to the patient rather than on healthcare professionals.it is important for nursing profession to have more educated,skilled,trained nurses in order to provide best care to patients that is changing with more developed technologies .To meet the basic needs of advancing healthcare system some transformations are needed-practice,education,leadership.In 2010 The IOM and the Robert Wood Foundation brought the new report -The Future of Nursing Leading change,Advancing Health to address some changes in healthcare system in order to meet high demands of future nursing. Impact of iom report on nursing education Education is essential for nurses to work efficiently in their field. Nurses with higher Education become able to use Critical Thinking,Knowledge,skills.Based on IOM report it is required to change the education format as now BSN are in more demand.It is addressed in IOM report to have 80% BSN nurses by 2020 and to meet this target it is necessary to increase education level- by Having low cost, high level education available for Public-for which Providing funds by states and federal agencies is a helpful step.As seen today Many ADN degree nurses moving further for BSN degree by going back to studies. By this change more nurses will be...
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...IOM Report-Future of Nursing The Future of Nursing Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics February 10, 2012 Overview The IOM report explains how nurses have an essential role in leadership in the health care setting. This report explains how education is vital to advance nurses into a partnership with physicians to improve the health care system nationwide. Impact of IOM report on Education In 2010, recently signed into law by the president, was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which are referred to in this report as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA is expected to insure 32 million previously uninsured Americans. (“the future of,”2010) The nursing profession should be utilized to help build a health care system that will be focused on patient centered, safe, accessible, and affordable care. Nurses will need to practice to the full extent of their education. Florence Nightengale developed the concept of an educated workforce, modern nursing has reinvented itself a number of times as healthcare has advanced and changed. A well-educated nursing profession has helped make possible: Evolution of high technology hospital, possibility for physicians to combine office and hospital practice, shorter length of stay in hospital, reduce hours of physicians in residency to improve patient safety, improve access of care for poor and rural residents, respite and palliative care, including hospice patients. ...
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...research centers, pharmaceutical research and or any health related emergency like Ebola outbreak. Impact Of IOM Report On Health Care Practice The Institute Of Medicine (IOM) IOM (The Institute Of Medicine) is started in 1970. IOM is nonprofit, independent organization. It governs independent of government and give wise, reliable, and legal advice by providing reliable evidence. “The IOM is health arm national academy of science which was charted under president Abraham Lincoln in 1863.Nearly 150 years after national academies of science has expanded in to what is collectively known as national Academies which comprises the national Academy of science, national academy of engineering, the national research council and the IOM”. The IOM gives answer the nation’s most critical questions about health care. The nursing profession and medical field growing fast, nurses playing vital role with patient care. In 2008 The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Institute of Medication (IOM) started a two year program to the transform the nursing profession with detail assessment. The committee of IOM on RWJF (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) program of the future of nursing at the IOM. The goal was to create the report that would make recommendation for the Nursing and its future detail planning with specific steps. The Impact Of IOM Report On Nursing Education This IOM report would help to develop a...
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...Running head: THE IMPACT OF THE IOM REPORT The Impact of the IOM Report on the Future of Nursing Celeste Ottney Grand Canyon University NRS430v Adriane M. Hesson March 12, 2012 The Impact of the IOM Report on the Future of Nursing In 2008, as a response to the need for a transformation in the nursing field, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine created an action-oriented blueprint with recommendations for changes needed in nursing. This was a response for the need to assess and change the world of nursing to advance nursing practice in the future. This 600 plus page report focuses on four key messages which are described in detail throughout the report. The messages, which stated that 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, and nurses should be full partners with physicians and other health care professionals gives us a guide on what impact the IOM report will have on the future of nursing (http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12956, 2010). Nursing Education This report focuses a great deal on the need to advance our levels of education within the ever-changing profession of nursing. It focuses in on the benefits of requiring a BSN at entry- level, as well as the need for gender diversity...
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...Implementation of the IOM Future of Nursing Report Grand Canyon University NRS-440 Trends October 8, 2015 Health Care Transition The United States Health care system is in the mist of converting to a preventative, health management focus system from a treatment focused system. There has been plenty of benefits and trials during the transformative period, like as with any other changes. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) requested that a report be done that would bring clarity to and direct the nursing profession on their parts and conversions that nursing is going to face. In this essay the IOM report that was completed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) on the future of nursing will be explored. There will be discussion of the four nursing initiatives as well as the influence that the IOM report has on the nursing workforce in the near feature. The Future of Nursing Campaign for Action and rationale of state based action coalitions will be discussed as well as their intentions. IOM Report Summary The IOM and the RWJF instigated a study that would define the ideal approach in which nurses would be able to make positive impression on the health of the over-all public. This research began in 2008 and lasted two years; while compiling the necessary statistics to complete the report that was then released in 2010. The IOM report on the future of nursing shown emphasizes on four key components. McNeal stated in the IOM report that the first component that is important...
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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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...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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...The Impact of Nursing as a Result of the 2010 IOM Report Marie Emily M. Garcia Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics February 15, 2015 Presented to Kelly A. Davis The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) collaborated in 2008 to respond and evaluate changes that were needed in the nursing profession. This initiative was a two year project that resulted “in producing a report that would make recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing” (Institute of Medicine, 2011). The premise that the report is attempting to answer is this, “What roles can nursing assume to address the increasing demand for safe, high-quality, and effective health care services?” (Institute of Medicine, 2011). My paper will attempt to review the IOM’s report on nursing education, nursing practice, and a nurse’s role as a leader. Nursing Education The nursing profession is educationally diverse. Many nurses can obtain their training and education via diploma, associate’s, bachelor’s degrees, and more recently accelerated, second-bachelor’s degree programs. With such diversity in education, there needs to be a more consistent curriculum that encompasses the changing health trends. According to the IOM, “the ways in which nurses were educated during the 20th century are no longer adequate for dealing with the realities of health care in the 21st century (2011). The health care system is being bombarded with a variety of chronic...
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...Impact of the IOM report on Future of Nursing Terry Garcia Grand Canyon University. NRS-430 April 13, 2014 Impact of the IOM report on Future of Nursing After the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by the congress, it has become clear that the whole health care system is in need of a major transformation. The future of the health care system is focused on health maintenance, disease prevention, and providing quality and affordable care to the public. Nurses are at the heart of this renovation. Institute of Medicine (IOM) in partnership with Robert Johnson Foundation, released the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health on October 5, 2010.This report compiled two years of research and is based on top nursing practices in the United States. It explores the need of change in the nursing profession and includes recommendations for this transformation in order to meet the demands of the new and complex health care system. The main segments of suggested modifications are nursing education, practice, and leadership (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010). Nurses must achieve higher levels of education and implement obtained knowledge to encounter the challenges of health care. The IOM report emphasizes the need of health care professionals that are better prepared to care for people with chronic conditions. To do this, nurses will need to...
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...healthcare professionals. The nurses and physicians are warranted to generate a system that is more patient-centered and provide the optimal level of care. The IOM report “The future of nursing: Leading change, Advancing health”, summarizes the significance of changing nursing practice in numerous arenas to encounter distinctive needs of clients by executing the highest level of excellent care. The last few decades have witnessed nursing role evolving significantly and becoming integral part of the healthcare system. The IOM report has a remarkable influence on the nursing future. The IOM report released by the national academics of science lays utmost importance on the potential theory and uses evidence-based practice in order to improve the safety and quality of care rendered in the health care setting. In this paper, we will discuss the effect of IOM report on the various arenas of nursing practice, education, leadership, and management. The technology has changed our lives significantly and nursing is no exception to it. The modern technology has brought in many changes in nursing and healthcare system. The nursing have seen numerous changes and will continue to grow in near future. In the healthcare industry, the technology has been instrumental in reducing medical errors and enhance client safety. According to IOM.” Changes in health care necessitates the system to undertake an important modification to deliver client-focused care; provide primary care instead of specialty-focused...
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