Between ADN versus BSN Prepared Nurses In the United States of America nurses are allowed to practice as Registered Nurses upon completion of an Associate degree program in nursing and a passing score on the NCLEX boards. From there they have many choices for job opportunities: some of which include hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes. They practice alongside physicians prepared at the doctorate level, pharmacists prepared at the bachelors, masters, or doctorate level, and speech pathologists prepared
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Implementation of the IOM Future of Nursing Report Grand Canyon University Trends and Issues in Health Care NRS-440V August 09, 2013 Implementation of the IOM Future of Nursing Report In 2010, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provided many people access to previously unavailable health care coverage. The goals of the reform are to make health care accessible and affordable to all Americans by controlling insurance costs by making rates similar across all states, standardizing
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) states nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. Nurses are delivering their care in a wide variety of practice areas with different scope of practice. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was founded in the year of 1970, to aid the
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goal for Dr. Tammi Damas, who was inspired by her education as a nursing student to advance her career early on. She simultaneously worked as a bedside nurse while pursuing her MSN as a women’s health nurse practitioner, and then went on to complete a dual MBA (specialization in health care management) and PhD (nursing) program at the University of Pennsylvania. Her motivation to leave the clinical setting and become a nurse leader was fueled by her desire to make a difference. After obtaining her
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Influential People in Nursing Project 7: Research Paper Jimmy Nguyen CSU, Long Beach N309: Dimensions of Professional Nursing Thursday, April 29, 2015 During the early 1900’s, the profession of nursing was in the process of changing into a something bigger than it was in the past. Of course, this would not have been possible without the accomplishment of some very important people that made an impact in the nursing profession. Between the 1900’s and the 1920’s, The American Nurses Association
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titled “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health”. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA, 2011), the report “calls on nurses to take a greater role in America’s increasingly complex health care system.” There are four categories in which the report outlines. The first message from the report states that (Institute of Medicine, 2010) “Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training.” During earlier time periods of nursing, the focus of health care
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The purpose of this research paper is so that I can explain, in my own words, the impact that the Institute of Medicine 2010 report, “The future of Nursing: Leading change, Advancing Health”, has had on nursing education, a nurses role as a leader and on the nurses practice, (particularly in the primary care setting) as well as how I would change my practice to meet the goals of the Institute of Medicine report, in 750-1000 words. I would like to explain the Importance of the Institute of Medicine
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My nursing Professional portfolio American nursing association has defined nursing as “the protection ,promotion ,and optimization of health and abilities ,prevention of illness and injury ,alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response ,and advocacy in the care of individuals, families ,communities and populations” (Evans & Lang, 2004). However, I am going to give my personal philosophical understanding of nursing .There is much more to nursing than described
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and not what is most appropriate for the health professionals involved in their care. This will require transforming the healthcare system. This transformation requires reconsidering of many roles, including nurses. This transformation in nursing particularly focuses on three aspects; practice, education and leadership. By changing this, nurses are more focused on primary as opposed to specialty care. The healthcare system is advancing every day and this requires nurses to advance
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the IOM report on the future of nursing The passing of the Affordable Care Act by congress in 2010 will require the health care system to transform the future of nursing in order to keep up with the changes in health care in the United States. This paper will discuss the 2010 Institute of Medicine’s report on the impact of nursing education, nursing practice with a focus on primary care, how it will change current nursing practice and the nurse’s role as a leader. The Institute of Medicine (IOM)
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