What Is the Future of Nursing and What Changes Will Lead the Way
What is the future of nursing and what changes will lead the way?
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an organization free of government bias and not for profit, who provides the people of government that make health care decisions, as well as the public, advice regarding how to improve health and health care. The IOM states “with more than 3 million members, the nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation’s health care workforce. Working on the front lines of patient care, nurses can play a vital role in helping realize the objectives set forth in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, legislation that represents the broadest health care overhaul since the 1965 creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. A number of barriers prevent nurses from being able to respond effectively to rapidly changing health care settings and an evolving health care system. These barriers need to be overcome to ensure that nurses are well- positioned to lead change and advance health”. (http://www.iom.edu/About-IOM.aspx). Three areas that will be addressed in the following paper include the impact of the IOM report on nursing education, the impact of the IOM report on nursing practice, and the impact of the IOM report on the nurse’s role as a leader.
IMPACT OF THE IOM REPORT ON NURSING EDUCATION: The IOM report states “Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression. Major changes in the U.S. health care system and practice environments will require equally profound changes in the education of nurses both before and after they receive their licenses. Nursing education at all levels needs to provide a better understanding of and experience in care management, quality improvement methods, systems-level change management, and the reconceptualized roles of nurses in a reformed health care system”.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an organization free of government bias and not for profit, who provides the people of government that make health care decisions, as well as the public, advice regarding how to improve health and health care. The IOM states “with more than 3 million members, the nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation’s health care workforce. Working on the front lines of patient care, nurses can play a vital role in helping realize the objectives set forth in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, legislation that represents the broadest health care overhaul since the 1965 creation of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. A number of barriers prevent nurses from being able to respond effectively to rapidly changing health care settings and an evolving health care system. These barriers need to be overcome to ensure that nurses are well- positioned to lead change and advance health”. (http://www.iom.edu/About-IOM.aspx). Three areas that will be addressed in the following paper include the impact of the IOM report on nursing education, the impact of the IOM report on nursing practice, and the impact of the IOM report on the nurse’s role as a leader.
IMPACT OF THE IOM REPORT ON NURSING EDUCATION: The IOM report states “Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression. Major changes in the U.S. health care system and practice environments will require equally profound changes in the education of nurses both before and after they receive their licenses. Nursing education at all levels needs to provide a better understanding of and experience in care management, quality improvement methods, systems-level change management, and the reconceptualized roles of nurses in a reformed health care system”.