evaluating the need transform the nursing workforce. The IOM and RWJF then published a report, two years later, called The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health; hoping to aid the already changing health care system. The study found that the need for health care professionals will rise while the number of patients, with broad spectrums of needs, will also rapidly increase. It also discovered that the number of medical students is declining. The Future of Nursing highlights ideas on why increasing
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shortage of health care professionals, economic downfalls on the health care system, evolving technology, etc. In an effort to support and promote the future of nursing and advancement in health care, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) took on a 2 year initiative that consisted of creating a report, “The future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health”, that would provide recommendations for undertaking changes to assist in building an affordable health care system
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T. Houston Philosophy of Nursing Toi Houston The University of Texas School of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of Professional Nursing A & B NURS 3645 Jeanean Boyd, MSN, RN June 6, 2011 Online RN-BSN Nursing is a profession that is very complicated and complex. It is exciting and has so many levels to it that one can actually never get bored with it. Most times when people think about nursing they only think about someone who adjusts
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Labor Shortage [Author’s Name] [Institution’s Name] Labor Shortage The Nursing shortage is going to have a severe effect on the delivery and quality of health care. The problem has become even complex and there is a need for effective policy intervention, which requires efficient leadership involvement among the government and organizational stakeholders in combating nursing shortage crisis. In this regard, there is a need to find short as well as long-term solutions for
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me. Therefore I might have to take extra writing classes to help me get through this program. However, I believe the more I read and write papers, the easier it will become. I plan on completing this program and obtain my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) by October 2017. Once I graduate with a BSN degree, I hope that I can advance my career and obtain a leadership positon at my current place of employment. Leadership skills play a critical role in decision making and assist in the development
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Future nursing students will choose to become a professional Registered Nurse (RN) by following a path of either an Associate Degree Nurse (ADN), or a Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. One other choice of nursing education pathway is that of a Diploma Nurse; this degree does not have a college foundation, but one that is a hospital training based degree. All three of these degrees will allow a student to sit for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). The NCLEX
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11/28/2013 Transformation and evolution related to basic level of education requirement is evident in the nursing profession. Currently there is a mixed population of educational training and skills working at the same capacity. “The sample survey also shows that 50.0% of the RN workforce holds a baccalaureate or graduate degree while 36.1% earned an associate degree and 13.9% a diploma in nursing.” (Rosseter, 2012) Each program prepares their students with the same basic training to pass the boards
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Describe how nursing theory has helped facilitate the development of nursing knowledge. The nursing profession has progressed greatly since it roots with Florence Nightingale, moving from reliance upon total medical direction for providing basic care and “the first duty of the nurse it that of obedience-absolute fidelity to his orders, even if the necessity of the prescribed measures is not apparent, you have no responsibility beyond that of faithfully carrying out the directions received” (Jennifer
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The moment of greatest impact in my life remains the birth of my daughter, but I could never have known how wrapped up in my future career choice that moment would be. To describe myself as terrified and unprepared for motherhood would have been a vast understatement, as an uneducated office worker embarking on this new phase of my life utterly alone, my child’s future seemed uncertain, as I did not have a college degree. I do not remember much about the birth; in fact, I do not remember any of
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Since the beginning of nursing, there has always been different ways of preparing ones self for the field. Although the American Nurses Association decided that the BSN is the “entry point into professional nursing practice” (Cresia & Friberg, 2011) in 1965, there are still 3 “equal” ways of becoming a nurse. The three ways of becoming a registered nurse today are associate degree programs, diploma programs, and baccalaureate programs. Upon completion of all of these programs, the nurse will sit
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