Vision for the Future of Nursing
Vision for the Future of Nursing
Nursing is a profession that needs to continually grow to meet the changes and demands of the society. The growth of nursing will involve nursing theory and evidence-based practice. This paper will discuss how nursing theory will continue to influence nursing professions, evidence-based practice trends in healthcare and future of nursing and the roles of nurses with research and how the new roles and opportunities with benefit nursing and healthcare.
According to "Nursing-Theory.org" (n.d.), “ nursing theory is an organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing”. There are several theories that nurses can apply to their practice. It can be a multiple theory that nurses can use in their daily work. This theory should coincide with the area of specialty where nurses are working and taking care of patients. Chitty & Black (2010) defined theory as group of related concepts, statements and definitions that describe a certain view of nursing phenomena from which can explain, describe or predict outcomes. Why is nursing theory very important? First, nursing as a profession is reinforced when a nursing knowledge is based on sound theory (Chitty & Black, 2010). Second, theory is needed tools for nurses to reason, critical think and make decisions (Chitty & Black, 2010). Theory will assist nurses as a framework in doing their daily job responsibilities. This will help a novice nurse to be expert nurse. Theory guides nurses in helping organizing and analyzing data, deciding interventions and interpreting outcomes from the interventions provided. Nurses establish nursing theories. Nurses use nursing theory that suits their everyday care. They can use several theories and at times theses theories overlap with each other
The growth of nursing profession depends on the continued recognition of nursing as a scholarly academic discipline that contributes to the society (Chitty & Black, 2010).
Nursing is a profession that needs to continually grow to meet the changes and demands of the society. The growth of nursing will involve nursing theory and evidence-based practice. This paper will discuss how nursing theory will continue to influence nursing professions, evidence-based practice trends in healthcare and future of nursing and the roles of nurses with research and how the new roles and opportunities with benefit nursing and healthcare.
According to "Nursing-Theory.org" (n.d.), “ nursing theory is an organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing”. There are several theories that nurses can apply to their practice. It can be a multiple theory that nurses can use in their daily work. This theory should coincide with the area of specialty where nurses are working and taking care of patients. Chitty & Black (2010) defined theory as group of related concepts, statements and definitions that describe a certain view of nursing phenomena from which can explain, describe or predict outcomes. Why is nursing theory very important? First, nursing as a profession is reinforced when a nursing knowledge is based on sound theory (Chitty & Black, 2010). Second, theory is needed tools for nurses to reason, critical think and make decisions (Chitty & Black, 2010). Theory will assist nurses as a framework in doing their daily job responsibilities. This will help a novice nurse to be expert nurse. Theory guides nurses in helping organizing and analyzing data, deciding interventions and interpreting outcomes from the interventions provided. Nurses establish nursing theories. Nurses use nursing theory that suits their everyday care. They can use several theories and at times theses theories overlap with each other
The growth of nursing profession depends on the continued recognition of nursing as a scholarly academic discipline that contributes to the society (Chitty & Black, 2010).