The Future Of Nursing Paper
The Future of Nursing: Leading change and Advancing health
Cicely Leufroy
Grand Canyon Universtiy
October 19, 2014
Education and leadership is what drives nursing practice today. With the constant growth of the nursing profession education is becoming more important to keep up with the change. In order to make change happen as a nurse you must have leadership skills. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report addressing the future of nursing as we know it. This paper will focus on how the IOM report impacts nursing education, nursing practice, and nursing leadership.
IOM focus on education Education is the main focus in nursing today. The nursing profession is rapidly growing, requiring need for more highly qualified educated …show more content…
nurses. As the nursing profession evolves, so does the need to update nursing curriculum. This will help keep up with the ongoing changes in technology and science. This will in turn help to provide safe patient care. The IOM report advises that nurses should focus more on increasing their educational level in order to overcome the challenges. By the end of 2020 it is also recommended to increase the percentage of BSN degree nurses to eighty percent (IOM Report, 2010) Today there are many routes to entering in to the nursing field.
They are called educational pathways to become a registered nurse (RN): The bachelors of Science in nursing (BSN), associate’s degree in nursing (ADN) and the diploma in nursing (IOM report brief, 2010). The idea of continuing higher education contributes to safe and quality health care delivery. The only way this can happen is if nurses today take a leadership role in their profession. Residency programs were started for new graduates to provide an orientation before they start working in the hospitals. I myself was in a residency program as a new grad. This program took me through the basics of working in the hospital and at the same time it was a refresher course for me just graduating from nursing school. I would highly recommend that all new graduates take advantage of this …show more content…
program.
IOM on leadership
The IOM’s message on leadership states that nurses should be full partners with physicians and other health professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States (IOM report, ch.
5). We need to function as a unit in order to make a change. When nurses take the initiative to take the roll of leaders, their leadership skills promote quality, safe, and effective health care. Nurses are the bridge between the doctor and their patients. Leadership is not only being able to delegate to another individual, it is also being able to communicate, initiate, and advocate to improve the standard of service. There are different types of leadership styles, one that stands out the most is the transformational Leadership style. This leadership style is based on building relationships and motivating staff members through a shared vision and mission (Frandsen, 2013). As nurses we all have a shared vision and mission, we come to work to motivate our co-workers not to tear them down. The key to great leadership is to be able to work well as a team and to follow other leaders. You have to remember even though you are a leader, there is always someone that is over you. Every leader must answer to someone else, so effective communication skills are a must have in this role. As nurses we all need to poses strong leadership
skills.
IOM on primary care Nursing has changed so much over the years that the focus on primary care nursing has taken a back seat. Nurses today are going into specialty field of the profession; cardiology, oncology, and telemetry just to name a few. The long term goal of the report is to improve quality of care. I would like to change my practice by doing just that, providing quality and safe patient care. Although I am in a specialty field of nursing, I have not forgotten about primary care. I will treat each patient as an individual not as a group, by doing this it allows my nursing assessments to be more patient-centered, which in return will allow me to focus more on patient safety and quality patient care.
References
Frandsen, B. (2013). Nursing Leadership Management and Leadership styles. Retrieved from www.aanac.org/.../2013-nursing-leadership---management-leadership-styles.pdf
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM). (2010). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health. Retrieved from Institute of Medicine website: http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx
Three Years Later, Institute of Medicine Report is Fueling Innovations in Nursing Practice and Education. (2013). Retrieved October 18, 2014, from http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2013/10/three-years-later--institute-of-medicine-report-is-fueling-innov.html https
Cicely Leufroy
Grand Canyon Universtiy
October 19, 2014
Education and leadership is what drives nursing practice today. With the constant growth of the nursing profession education is becoming more important to keep up with the change. In order to make change happen as a nurse you must have leadership skills. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report addressing the future of nursing as we know it. This paper will focus on how the IOM report impacts nursing education, nursing practice, and nursing leadership.
IOM focus on education Education is the main focus in nursing today. The nursing profession is rapidly growing, requiring need for more highly qualified educated …show more content…
nurses. As the nursing profession evolves, so does the need to update nursing curriculum. This will help keep up with the ongoing changes in technology and science. This will in turn help to provide safe patient care. The IOM report advises that nurses should focus more on increasing their educational level in order to overcome the challenges. By the end of 2020 it is also recommended to increase the percentage of BSN degree nurses to eighty percent (IOM Report, 2010) Today there are many routes to entering in to the nursing field.
They are called educational pathways to become a registered nurse (RN): The bachelors of Science in nursing (BSN), associate’s degree in nursing (ADN) and the diploma in nursing (IOM report brief, 2010). The idea of continuing higher education contributes to safe and quality health care delivery. The only way this can happen is if nurses today take a leadership role in their profession. Residency programs were started for new graduates to provide an orientation before they start working in the hospitals. I myself was in a residency program as a new grad. This program took me through the basics of working in the hospital and at the same time it was a refresher course for me just graduating from nursing school. I would highly recommend that all new graduates take advantage of this …show more content…
program.
IOM on leadership
The IOM’s message on leadership states that nurses should be full partners with physicians and other health professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States (IOM report, ch.
5). We need to function as a unit in order to make a change. When nurses take the initiative to take the roll of leaders, their leadership skills promote quality, safe, and effective health care. Nurses are the bridge between the doctor and their patients. Leadership is not only being able to delegate to another individual, it is also being able to communicate, initiate, and advocate to improve the standard of service. There are different types of leadership styles, one that stands out the most is the transformational Leadership style. This leadership style is based on building relationships and motivating staff members through a shared vision and mission (Frandsen, 2013). As nurses we all have a shared vision and mission, we come to work to motivate our co-workers not to tear them down. The key to great leadership is to be able to work well as a team and to follow other leaders. You have to remember even though you are a leader, there is always someone that is over you. Every leader must answer to someone else, so effective communication skills are a must have in this role. As nurses we all need to poses strong leadership
skills.
IOM on primary care Nursing has changed so much over the years that the focus on primary care nursing has taken a back seat. Nurses today are going into specialty field of the profession; cardiology, oncology, and telemetry just to name a few. The long term goal of the report is to improve quality of care. I would like to change my practice by doing just that, providing quality and safe patient care. Although I am in a specialty field of nursing, I have not forgotten about primary care. I will treat each patient as an individual not as a group, by doing this it allows my nursing assessments to be more patient-centered, which in return will allow me to focus more on patient safety and quality patient care.
References
Frandsen, B. (2013). Nursing Leadership Management and Leadership styles. Retrieved from www.aanac.org/.../2013-nursing-leadership---management-leadership-styles.pdf
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (IOM). (2010). The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health. Retrieved from Institute of Medicine website: http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx
Three Years Later, Institute of Medicine Report is Fueling Innovations in Nursing Practice and Education. (2013). Retrieved October 18, 2014, from http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2013/10/three-years-later--institute-of-medicine-report-is-fueling-innov.html https