Transforming the Nursing Profession The transformation of the nursing profession is dependent upon formal education, evidence based nursing practice, and providing strong leadership roles at all levels of the health care system. The nursing education encourages lifelong learning that includes seamless academic progression (Robert Wood Foundation, 2010). The nursing practice incorporates both standards of practice and professional accountability. Strong leadership focuses on safety and quality of
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role of the Registered nurse change over the next ten years?” The nursing profession has a long history of being undervalued and has faced many challenges in regards to professional status, wages and working conditions. These challenges have been fairly constant and all the while, nurses have been fighting to enhance nursing skills and roles, while also maintaining the core nursing values. This research aims to identify the future of the registered nurse and how this may be expected to change over
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Robert Smith Grande Canyon University September 14, 2013 Professional Development of Nursing Professionals In 2010, comprehensive health care legislation was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama. These laws were the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, collectively known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA represents the largest changes
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Transforming Nursing: IOM Impact Transforming Nursing: An Institute of Medicine Report In 2008, the Institute of Medicine in coordination with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) formed a partnership to examine the future of the nursing profession and its place in an ever evolving health care system. The resulting report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, was completed in 2010 at about the same time as the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
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I joined a nursing school to pursue a three-year diploma program in nursing. Helping and assisting the sick has been something that makes me happy and feel fulfilled in life. Soon after my graduation from the nursing school, I got an opportunity to work for a teaching hospital, the biggest of all the hospital in the country. During the years I worked there, I contributed a lot in the nursing practice and care of patients in different departmental settings. To do that, I have been through several
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Thus, nursing salaries vary by region, job placement, role choice and experience. Furthermore, the finest news is how diverse and extensive the nursing field truly is contributing a variety of careers including; hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, private practices, school districts, nursing homes, and in-home care. Also, hiring trends for nursing are continuously in high demand and in addition relocation is an option, but not required in the health care field since nursing jobs are literally
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Westmount Nursing Home and Cogeneration sale Town Hall Meeting Supervisor Doug Beaty Supervisor Peter McDevitt Supervisor Mark Westcott 5/1/2014 Opening Remarks We believe the public should have the opportunity to weigh in There are major financial challenges facing the county. Where possible favor privatizing County functions including Westmount. We don t understand why other county run facilities running similar deficits aren t looked at with the same steely gaze taken to Westmount
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The shortage of registered nurses 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
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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 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
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Impact of IOM Report on Nursing Rebecca M. Hemker Grand Canyon University: NUR 430 September 14, 2014 IMPACT OF IOM REPORT ON NURSING In 2010, the United States healthcare system began its dramatic transformation as the president signed comprehensive healthcare legislation into law. The legislation, cumulatively referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), offered 32 million, previously uninsured Americans, access to affordable health insurance (IOM, 2011). As Americans rejoiced and signed
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