As the nursing profession grows, more nurse leadership positions to lead organizations and healthcare systems. A primary example, the Department of the Army appointed a nurse leader, General Patricia Horoho as Commander of the Army's Medical Command (MEDCOM). She was the first nurse and female to take responsibility of MEDCOM, which is representative of a multifaceted, multi-service, multi-market health care system. Having the leadership responsibility of the organization of the size is an enormous undertaking and requires significant expertise. This placement solidified General Horoho's position in the history of military medicine. Nurses have made tremendous leadership feats since the Florence Nightingale era. Nurse roles are definitely changing. Physicians’ roles are changing as nurses charges expand. Legislation, Medicare, Medicaid, healthcare markets, physician shortages, and the requirements in healthcare business models are pushing physicians outside the realm of providing hands-on-care to patients. Because of these
As the nursing profession grows, more nurse leadership positions to lead organizations and healthcare systems. A primary example, the Department of the Army appointed a nurse leader, General Patricia Horoho as Commander of the Army's Medical Command (MEDCOM). She was the first nurse and female to take responsibility of MEDCOM, which is representative of a multifaceted, multi-service, multi-market health care system. Having the leadership responsibility of the organization of the size is an enormous undertaking and requires significant expertise. This placement solidified General Horoho's position in the history of military medicine. Nurses have made tremendous leadership feats since the Florence Nightingale era. Nurse roles are definitely changing. Physicians’ roles are changing as nurses charges expand. Legislation, Medicare, Medicaid, healthcare markets, physician shortages, and the requirements in healthcare business models are pushing physicians outside the realm of providing hands-on-care to patients. Because of these