NRS-430V | Nursing History, Theories, and Conceptual Model June 23, 2016 Nurses are critical to the healthcare of America and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) states that of 2010 nurses comprised a workforce of greater than 3.06 million licensed registered nurses (Facts About the Nursing Workforce. (2010, July 27)). Although nursing comprises the greatest percentage of providers in healthcare the United States faces a shrinking nursing labor force and a significant nursing leadership
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Head: NURSING’S FUTURE IN Nursing’s Future in Leadership Mary Ann McGirr Grand Canyon University December 22, 2012 On March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), otherwise known as “Obamacare” was passed. This legislation was brought about due to the need to allow more Americans access to affordable, safe healthcare. As a result of the impending passage of this legislation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute
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hospital again within thirty days with a diagnosis of congestive heart failure. The ADN trained nurse could administer drugs, perform daily weights, ensure that the patient followed a cardiac diet, but was strictly task oriented (The Future of the Associate Degree in Nursing Program, 2013). The BSN trained nurse, would base the care provided using a more integrated system (Why the Push for BSN Nurses?, 2012). The focus of the BSN trained nurse would encompass more teaching, measuring compliance of
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Professional Development of Nursing ProfessionalsThe Institute of Medicine report was done by acommittee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and released on October 5, 2010. After twoyears of research to better understand the consequences for nursing and the expected changes inhealthcare, the report outlines the future of healthcare in the United States. It points out that nursesare going to have a critical role in that future by producing safe, quality care and coverage for allpatients in our
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The Footprint of a Nursing Home Leader Many of us promised our parents that we wouldn't ever put them in a nursing home. Reality is that more than 3 million Americans rely on services provided by nursing homes at some point during a year and 1.4 million of these reside in the Nation’s 15,800 nursing homes on any given day (Bonner, 2013). In my position as Vice President of Operations with a publically traded healthcare company, I support twelve nursing homes. One such nursing home is a 194-bed
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals A new prospective has been initiated for the future of nursing. With the common goal of patient centered care, that is created around a specific patient. The U.S Health Care System needs to be transformed, which will require development of new roles for nurses and many other healthcare positions. Nurses must recognize what this means for their specific role and what different educational changes need to be made. Nurses stepping into leadership roles
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The impact of IOM report on nursing In 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to publish The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. This report is a collaborative report written by a committee of scholars nationwide. Its purpose is to put forth recommendations that allow nurses to “(1) ensure that nurses can practice to the full extent of their education and training (2) improve nursing education, (3) provide opportunities for
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According to American Nurses Association (ANA) “Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities and prevention of illness and injuries, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, advocacy of care of an individual, families, communities and population”. Nurses are providing care in all different heath care settings like hospitals, nursing homes, schools, medical offices, natural disasters, immunization clinic, research centers, pharmaceutical
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Head: GERONTOLOGICAL FAMILY NURSING 1 Gerontological Family Nursing Patricia Marier Colorado Mesa University GERONTOLOGICAL FAMILY NURSING 2 Gerontological Family Nursing The discussion for week twelve in Family Health Care Nursing was related to Chapter 15: “Gerontological Family Nursing” in the textbook Family Health Care Nursing: Theory, Practice, and Research
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degree in Nursing Chandani Garg Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V Professional Dynamics September 16, 2015 Education Preparation: Associate versus Bachelor’s in Nursing The Art of nursing is here since the Biblical times but the modern nursing emerged after the time of Florence Nightingale. In 1873 nursing education was started formally as 4-month hospital training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Nursing has been growing since then and will continue to grow in future. In
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