The Impact of the IOM report on nursing education With an estimated 64 million people having seen the Institute of Medicine’s reccomendations on the future of nursing within the first year of its release‚ it is arguably one of the most influential pieces of medical literature of the 21st century‚ leaving a lasting impact on healthcare and paving an innovative path forward for the nursing profession. The institute of Medicine (IOM) is a nonprofit‚ unaffiliated orginazition. Its purpose is to provide
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Between Nursing Leadership and Patient Outcomes Wong‚ Cummins and Ducharme (2013) conducted a systematic review of studies in 2013 to examine the relationship between “nursing leadership practices and patient outcomes” (p.710). With an intent to improve patient outcomes‚ the authors had conducted a similar review in the past; however‚ limited results of studies warranted additional research on this topic. Their study involved extracting and analyzing a variety of leadership skills and patient outcomes;
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Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed into law by president Obama on March 23‚ 2010 is arguably the most extensive reform of health care law ever to be enacted in the U.S. It will impact the way professionals practice health care‚ the way insurance companies handle health care as a product‚ and the way consumers purchase and use health care as a service. The Affordable Health Care Act is primarily aimed at reducing the number
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Advancing Diversity Leadership in Health Care In 2011‚ the search and consulting firm Witt/Kieffer conducted a survey of US health care leaders. The survey was conducted to gain a perspective of challenges and success factors in regards to increasing leaders who are ethnically diverse. The article gives a brief overview of social science principles‚ and cultural values which are strong influencers on the choices we make and the people we become. If‚ conceptualized‚ such approaches should prove
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Confucius Teachings: Pillars in the Nursing Care Sandra Joy T. Dela Vega Wagner College Abstract “Thus‚ nurses serve beyond theories… that beyond the dosage of medicine they give‚ an ounce of humanistic touch must be extended to their patients.” Nurses serve the patient beyond theories. There must be a combination of heart and brain among the health care practitioners‚ particularly nurses. Caring people is human welfare and human welfare is no joke. It is a profession
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Health Care Provider and Faith Diversity Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V March 16‚ 2013 Abstract Health care is a very diverse field. Two patients with the same diagnosis would have very different plans of care due to the underlying conditions and faith or religious practices involved with each patients healing process. This paper will discuss the healing aspect of three religions: Islam‚ Hinduism and Buddhism and compare them to the healing aspect of Christianity. Also information important
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Compassionate patient care Compassionate care is a moral dimension and an essential component of the diagnostic medical sonography field. It is an inner desire to help those very same people. Staff and leaders must treat each other with compassion and respect. Sonographer should also be compassionate to their patients. Compassion links the entirety of Joint Commission guidelines‚ as it states” hospital leaders now have a road map for implementing a fully integrated patient safety system in which
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setting Lauren Vadola Chamberlain School of Nursing Professor Clayton NR 447 Collaborative Healthcare Introduction As nurses we have numerous responsibilities and tasks we must complete‚ although 12 hour shifts seem like enough‚ it is often not! If is crucial for nurses to build time management and develop aims for their day to day‚ hour to hour‚ minute to minute duties. By setting an aim for their day it not only benefits the nurse but‚ the patient and the rest of the staff as well. By the term
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The impact of the IOM report on the future of nursing The passing of the Affordable Care Act by congress in 2010 will require the health care system to transform the future of nursing in order to keep up with the changes in health care in the United States. This paper will discuss the 2010 Institute of Medicine’s report on the impact of nursing education‚ nursing practice with a focus on primary care‚ how it will change current nursing practice and the nurse’s role as a leader. The Institute of
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Ethical Dilemmas & Impact of Nurse-Patient Ratios I was an ICU nurse for 18 years and I decided to leave bedside nursing in 1999 when I found myself standing in the doorway between two patient’s rooms‚ which both had alarms going off. I was being forced to care for three critical patients that night. I left nursing because as I stood in that doorway I realized that in choosing which room I was going to enter‚ the patient in the other room might very well have died (Massachusetts Nursing Association‚
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