Nursing and Health Care
Impact of Institute of Medicine on Nursing Ermina Rosic
Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V
December 14, 2014
The Institute of Medicine Report On Future of Nursing The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a national, independent, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide guidance, advice, and analysis of the field of medicine. The recent IOM report regarding the future of nursing gives us a glimpse of the dynamic and progressive changes that the field of nursing will experience in the coming decade.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2012) report focuses on the nurses as the largest group of health care professionals and identifies nurses as key leaders in health care reform. The nursing profession is the largest group of healthcare professionals, consisting of over 3 million members (Battie, 2013). As the cornerstone of the medical system and essential in providing patient care, nurses are the key stakeholders in any change in the structure of the medical field. As the healthcare environment continues to evolve, nurses will be expected be at the leading edge of this change. The new changes advocated by IOM will have lasting impacts on nursing education, nursing primary care practice, and impact nursing leadership.
Impact of IOM on Nursing Education Nurses must provide competent and safe care in rapidly changing health care environment. Due to an ever increasing population of patients with chronic diseases, an aging population, and errors in the health care system, care becomes more complex and demands changes in education at all levels of nursing education. Evidence based practice and outcomes are a main focus in today’s providing care. Nurses must be able to apply critical thinking and research to their daily practice (Morris, 2013). The IOM Committee suggests removing scope of practice barriers, expanding leadership roles for nurses, and increasing the number of nurses with baccalaureate degrees to eighty percent in next five years. This
Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V
December 14, 2014
The Institute of Medicine Report On Future of Nursing The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a national, independent, non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide guidance, advice, and analysis of the field of medicine. The recent IOM report regarding the future of nursing gives us a glimpse of the dynamic and progressive changes that the field of nursing will experience in the coming decade.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2012) report focuses on the nurses as the largest group of health care professionals and identifies nurses as key leaders in health care reform. The nursing profession is the largest group of healthcare professionals, consisting of over 3 million members (Battie, 2013). As the cornerstone of the medical system and essential in providing patient care, nurses are the key stakeholders in any change in the structure of the medical field. As the healthcare environment continues to evolve, nurses will be expected be at the leading edge of this change. The new changes advocated by IOM will have lasting impacts on nursing education, nursing primary care practice, and impact nursing leadership.
Impact of IOM on Nursing Education Nurses must provide competent and safe care in rapidly changing health care environment. Due to an ever increasing population of patients with chronic diseases, an aging population, and errors in the health care system, care becomes more complex and demands changes in education at all levels of nursing education. Evidence based practice and outcomes are a main focus in today’s providing care. Nurses must be able to apply critical thinking and research to their daily practice (Morris, 2013). The IOM Committee suggests removing scope of practice barriers, expanding leadership roles for nurses, and increasing the number of nurses with baccalaureate degrees to eighty percent in next five years. This
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