Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (referred to as the IOM or IOM report hereafter) did a study, the results of which were released in 2010. In order to accommodate the influx of new patients into the healthcare system, sweeping changes are going to be needed. In order to accomplish what is called for in the PPACA, “major changes in the U.S health care system and practice environments will require equally profound changes in education of nurse both
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industry, primarily within the nursing sector. Registered Nurses (more commonly known as RNs) complete an Associate degree nursing program (ASN) or higher (BSN, MSN, ND, DNSc, or DNP). Every healthcare experience involves the knowledge, support, and comfort of an RN – they are a large, diverse group who are integral to and in the delivery of healthcare. In fact, the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) Job Satisfaction 2010 survey indicates that nursing is the only “profession offering
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Educational Program Comparison Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS430V Educational Program Comparison The nursing profession continues to evolve as we speak. Many changes in history have contributed to this ever moving profession. The educational differences between the baccalaureate prepared nurse and the diploma/associates prepared nurse will be briefly discussed. Associate degree nurses and the diploma nurse are educationally prepared to staff hospitals according
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The modern day emergency room is a department that is constantly busy. In the hustle of caring for patients, there are some details of the patient’s care that can be overlooked in a standard phone report to the accepting nurse. With this in mind, a change is needed so that there is an optimum patient outcome for each and every one of the people that walk through the doors of the emergency room and get admitted. A1. The current practice in the emergency department that I work in when admitting
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Professional Nursing Boundaries I am a trained nurse working in one of major reference hospital in a capital city of Sabah. I have 14 years experience working as a trained perioperative nurse in operating theatre. Working through the years gives me ample experience in this field. Over this year, the workforce development in health care system has change the nursing profession and become more challenging. These changes had affected the nursing role and also their boundaries. Extending nursing role
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establishing baccalaureate-level nursing programs in the 1950’s, awarding graduates with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. In 1951, Mildred Montag proposed the innovative idea of a 2-year Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) program at the community college level to remedy the severe nursing shortage following World War II. Nursing faculty regarded ADN nurses as competent in basic nursing practice as they demonstrated the ability to pass state nursing licensing examinations. This commenced
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The New Trend of Bedside Reporting Versus Traditional Taped Report Methods Community Health Nursing Lewis Clark State College The change from taped report to a bedside report is essential to increasing patient safety and satisfaction, nursing satisfaction, physician satisfaction, and a savings to the health-care facility. The Joint Commission found that the breakdown in communication during the shift report is a leading cause of sentinel events in the United States
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The writer is going to distinguish the significance of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) “Future of Nursing” report linked with the nursing staff, the significance of the IOM’s Future of Nursing and how it is related to the nurse staffing, the intent of the Future of Nursing’s Campaign for Action, the reasoning for state-based action coalitions and initiatives of the coalition. The Work of the Committee In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) propelled
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The Expanding Role of Nursing in Health Promotion Robert W Lewis Grand Canyon University NRS-429V February 7, 2013 Nursing in the 21st century is being redefined. The population of the United States is increasingly diverse, with many cultural and religious influences on the health of the population. Legislative initiatives like the affordable health care act (AHC) will require a shift from the wellness-illness model to a practice focused on health promotion. When discussing a definition of
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community. She currently holds the position of professor and nurse theorist at Boston College Connell School of Nursing. As a researcher some of her research interests are conceptualizing and measuring coping, basis of adaptation nursing, implications of individual and common good for clinical nursing, and emerging nursing knowledge and practice outcome. She developed the Adaptation Model of Nursing in 1976. The theory was influenced by observations of practice; insights derived from existing theories
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