Future of Nursing in Healthcare In the United States, the healthcare system is being overhauled and transformed to provide quality healthcare at affordable prices. This transformation is going to effect the nursing profession even more so. In 2010, The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law to provide more accessible and more affordable care. The committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) developed a vision for a
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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 a patient to the medical floor goes something like this. 1. Emergency department doctor enters orders for a consulting doctor to come and look at the patient to determine if an admission is warranted. 2. The consulted admission doctor assesses the patient and determines admission diagnosis. 3. Orders are written for admission
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A philosophy of nursing is an approach to nursing, usually created by individual nurses in their own daily practice in the field. A nurse uses his or her philosophy of nursing to explain what he or she believes nursing is, the role nursing plays in the health care field, and how he or she interacts with patients. A philosophy of nursing also addresses a nurse's ethics as it relates to the practice of nursing. For example, are there any "lines" a particular nurse will cross? If so, which ones? Under
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A. There are many different functions of regulatory agencies and the nursing practice is regulated by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). BRN is a state government agency that was established to regulate the practice of registered nurses. The BRN is responsible for implementation and enforcement of the Nursing Practice Act: the laws related to nursing education, licensure (NCLEX), practice, and discipline. BRN is responsible for issuing and renewing the licenses of nurse practitioners
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A. The boards of nursing and professional nursing organizations are an important part in the field of nursing. The board of nursing is a regulatory agency within each state charged with the responsibility to administer the nurse practice act of that state. In the state of Florida, the Florida Board of Nursing is a regulatory agency made up of 13 members. Their mission is to license, monitor, discipline, educate, and rehabilitate its licensees to assure their fitness and competence in providing health
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The Nursing Process The nursing process is a very important tool that nurses have in to make sure that they give adequate care to all their patients. It helps them not only evaluate each patients’ needs individually but also allows the nurse to prioritize which patient’s needs are more important to attend to first. Just like doctors have a way of diagnosing patients, nurses also use this process to give their own form of diagnosis. The significance of having the nursing process is to have a set
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Board of Nurses (OSBN) and the American Nursing Association (ANA) are varied. The State Board of Nurses is a body of nine individuals chosen by the Governor, only four of whom are Registered Nurses, and one is a nurse practitioner (Oregon State Board of Nursing, n.d.). Some of the things the Board is responsible for is the issuing and renewing of all medical licenses for nurse practitioners, registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, and certified nursing assistants. The Board represents all the
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Professional Development of Nursing Professional: The Future of Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V August 18, 2013 Introduction In 2010, the United States (US) lawmakers approved the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) attempting to improve the United States health care system by focusing it’s emphasis on cost maintenance, access, and quality of care (Poghosyan, Lucero, Rauch, Berkowitz, 2010). This transformation will now necessitate a restructure of the many roles
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Institute of Medicine Report Impact on Nursing Education Grand Canyon University February 2012 I agree that nursing education is the key factor for career advancement and by “providing a strong foundation for the development of a nursing work force” (Institute of Medicine, 2010) we can meet the current and future patient needs. With the nursing shortage, we can provide higher leveled trained nurse into the work field once the number of graduates increases. Learning is part
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The DNP and Ph.D. in nursing are two of the most distinguished scholarly degrees one may obtain in healthcare. Both degrees have intricate roles and expectations related to experience. Understanding and differentiating between both degrees are imperative when a nurse selects his or her career path. The Ph.D. in nursing is heavily focused on gathering years of research to create particular sciences related to nursing. In other words, the Ph.D. prepared nurse produces evidence based on knowledge
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