...Changes in the Health Care System and the Practice of Nursing have become complex. Technological changes, complicated client needs, short hospital length of stay, and departure from acute care to community based care, all these changes have underscore the need for professional nurses to think critically in order to provide safe and effective client care. A better educated nursing workforce can provide good health education to patients and their families. The affordable care of 2010 has required the need for nurses to expand their role of practice to meet complicated patient demands. This has prompted the Institute Of Medicine to review the “Future of Nursing, Leading change and Advancing Health”. {Creasia & Fribery,2011} The Impact of the IOM report on Nursing Education. According to IOM report the future of nursing is aimed at improving the health of Americans by transforming the nursing profession. It is important for nurses to receive higher education and training to meet the dynamic environment in which they will practice.{Institute of Medicine,2010}. The IOM recommends that 80% of the nursing workforce will have baccalaureate degree in nursing by the year 2020. These nurses would be able to promote quality of nursing care through their critical thinking skills and research. Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system by encouraging associate degree nurses to obtain BSN degrees. A highly educated nurse is preferred...
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...Professional Development –Impact of IOM Report on Nursing Scholastica Ezeh Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS 430v Cynthia Yascavage August 29, 2012 Abstract Nursing profession has been growing at a very fast rate with estimated membership of over 3 million. They will play a vital role in helping to realize the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) legislation (IOM Report, 2010). For nurses to play their part in the transformation of the healthcare industry there were certain recommendations made by the committee appointed by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2008. These changes have to occur in nursing education, nursing leadership role and nursing practice. Impact on Nursing Education The nursing profession has different entry level educational tracks to becoming a registered nurse (RN). The associate degree in nursing (ADN), the diploma in nursing, the bachelor’s of science in nursing (BSN), and the accelerated, second- degree bachelor’s program for those with baccalaureate degrees in another field. With the increase in the number and diversity of the aging population in United States, increase in the complexity of patient needs and care environment, there is the need to change the educational system for nurses to ensure that it covers acute care and extend to community care with prevention in mind. To address the committee’s recommendations nurses can advance their level of education through a variety of...
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...Professional Development of Nursing Professional: The Future of Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V August 18, 2013 Introduction In 2010, the United States (US) lawmakers approved the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) attempting to improve the United States health care system by focusing it’s emphasis on cost maintenance, access, and quality of care (Poghosyan, Lucero, Rauch, Berkowitz, 2010). This transformation will now necessitate a restructure of the many roles within the health care professionals, including registered nurses (RNs). In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and the institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a two-year planned response to the critical need to assess and transform the nursing profession (Institute of Medicine, 2010). According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Changes, Advancing Health, suggest that the future of nursing is advancing with the opportunities that will transform the healthcare system by using knowledge and skills of nursing. The purpose of this discussion focuses on the impacts of the health care reform in nurses’ practice, education, and leadership. The implications on Nursing Education In the US, the health care system is changing dramatically. As the baby boomer population is aging, there has also been a surge of obesity triggering the complexity of chronic illness, such as diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. These factors demand...
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...Institution: Date: Interview with an Advanced Practice Nurse Introduction Interview with APN/CNP, Diane John Diane John, APN/CNP is a nurse practitioner at Health land, a Hawaii center for the public. She has devoted 30 years to her nursing career. She has worked as a nurse in a medical intensive care unit and as a research nurse in the study in the intensive care unit. She has been a Female Nurse Practitioner for the past 20 years where she started out as a midwife at wife care center, where she provided midwife services to women. Rationale for an engaged interview process The reason for this interview is to find out Competencies necessary for APN role development and also to get some background information of a nurse leader on a one on one basis. This information will be important because it will help us to develop leadership skills in the field of nursing. About the Diane John APN leader Diane John, APN/CNP is an attendant specialist at Health land, a Hawaii community for the general population. She has dedicated 30 years to her nursing profession. She has filled in as an attendant in a restorative emergency unit as a examination nurture in the study in the emergency unit. Interview What is the CNS nurse? The CNS is a practice for preparing advance practice nurses to be part of the clinical practice team where you work together with doctors to provide service to patients.Bringing knowledge into practice to improve health outcomes of patients as well as improvement of education...
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...IMPACT OF THE IOM REPORT ON NURSING EDUCATION, PRACTICE, AND LEADERSHIP The demands for health care are increasing each day and will significantly increase with the new Affordable Care Act (ACA) now in place, which was passed by the United States Congress and later signed by President Obama in 2010. The passing of the ACA will ultimately allow millions of people who are un-insured to be insured and receive health care. In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee spent two years evaluating and transforming the nursing profession in order to help ready the future needs of healthcare. Two years later, on October 5, 2010 and just months after the ACA was signed, the IOM published its report named The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Healthcare which partially focuses on the transformation of nursing education, practice and leadership roles of nursing. The IOM report focuses on the importance of nurses enhancing their education to meet the expanding technological advances and expansion of the nursing role by pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees. These opportunities include nursing research, education, and IOM’s main focus, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). A key point the committee states is that “nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression" ("IOM Nursing Report," 2010). By achieving a higher level of education...
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...THE FUTURE OF NURSING: LEADING CHANGE, ADVANCING HEALTH. The Impact of The IOM Report 2010 On Transforming Education, Practice and Leadership Allan Abraham Impact on Nursing of the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the future of nursing. There are over three million nursing professional in United States and they make the largest segment of nation’s health care workforce. Nurses can play a vital role in helping to realize the objectives set forth in the 2010 affordable act, legislation that represents the broadest health care overhaul since the 1965 creation of Medicare and Medicaid program (IOM 2010). Due to the restricting barriers nurses were not able to respond effectively to the changing health care systems. In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and IOM launched a two year initiative to respond to the need to access and transform the nursing profession. The IOM appointed a committee with the purpose of producing a report that would wake recommendations for an action oriented blue print for the future of nursing. This paper will explore the impact of the report on Nursing education, Nursing Practice particularly in primary care, nursing role as a leader and changing my practice to meet the goals of IOM report. Impact on Nursing Education. Key message: “Nurse should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promote seemless academic progression” (IOM 2010 page 163}. The primary goal remains to meet...
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...IOM Impact On Nursing Future In October of 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released the report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. In 2008, a committee was formed to evaluate, and make changes to the nursing career. Nurses, play an important role in health system, specifically at the time in America where health care has change greatly, and the health system had to make adjustment. IOM View on Nursing Education Education is the key point for every career, and as human there are great demands out there from, jobs, parents, and society to improve our educational level, and academic life. The focus on advancing one educational level starts with the demand from society. Most jobs, or career requires from every staff, higher knowledge, degree or certifications, along with continuous training in order to obtain any supervisory, administrative, or managerial position. The demand for the nursing career derived from the IOM which is a self-regulating group of well-known experts from various professions (IOM). Health specialists should have higher education in order to provide patient care, and as participants of this collaborative team, their main focus should be about quality care improvement, along with approaches on evidence-based practice, and some specifics information about individual expertise (IOM 2010). The plan is to encourage the minimum of 10% of baccalaureate program graduates to...
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...The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V July 27, 2014 The Institute of Medicine (IOM), established in 1970 was created to inform the nation on healthcare issues. The reports and findings of this group assist the divisions of healthcare in making knowledgeable decisions. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation together with the IOM issued a special report called “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” There are four key messages the IOM focuses on: Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training, nurses should achieve higher levels of education of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression, nurses should be full partners with physicians and other health professionals in redesigning healthcare in the United States, effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and an improved infrastructure (IOM, 2010). The IOM recommends that by the year 2020, 80% of all nurses have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). To achieve this recommendation, the nursing profession must decide that a BSN would be the entry-level into practice. There are multiple ways to achieve a nursing degree from Diploma, Associate Degree to Bachelor’s Degree. Students who have a four year degree in another field of study can easily obtain a nursing degree in an accelerated second degree bachelor’s program. Patient...
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...The Future of Nursing: “Leading Change, Advancing Health” Introduction In brief report of Institute of Medicine (IOM) of october 2101 “ the Future of Nursing” states that the nursing profession is the leading agent of work force in health care today. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will entitle additional 32 million Americans to have access to health care, the nurses will need to be well educated and be prepared to meet the current and future demands of the health care system.( pg 271). In this paper I will be discussing the impact of the IOM Report on nursing education, on nursing practice, particularly in primary care, impact of the IOM Report on nursing role as a leader, and finally, how I as a nurse will implement these changes in my practice to meet the goals of the IOM Report. Impact on Nursing Education; With the evolving health care demands, changing and expanding nurses role in acute setting as well as in the community education plays most important part. In the IOM report the emphasis was placed on advancing nursing degrees, to make easy, seamless transition to advance nursing practices and to improve education system. Advancing Nursing Degree. First is advancing nursing degree by increasing the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020. ( pg 22). IOM directs health care organizations to encourage nurses to advance their degrees...
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...Reaction Paper In today’s society nursing has grown to fit the healthcare needs of society. We have grown by providing different nursing educational roles that will evolve healthcare as we know it. The advanced generalist education role is a clinical nurse leader. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing defines the clinical nurse leader role (CNL) as a leader in the healthcare system that delivers care across different settings within a Microsystems, using assimilation and application of research-based information to design, implement and evaluate the patients plan of care (Thompson, and Lulham, 2007). The Clinical Nurse Leader is further described as designing and implementing, and evaluating client care by coordination, delegation, and supervision of the care provided by the health care team (Thompson and Lulham, 2007). Thompson and Lulham (2007) states that the healthcare team in which supervision care is provided from the CNL include the license nurses, technicians, and other various health care professionals. American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2013) states that clinical nurse leaders are masters prepared nurses that involves risk anticipation for individuals and groups of patients, implementation of evidence based practice initiatives, team leadership, management and collaboration with other health care professional team members, and the use of information system and technologies to improve healthcare. The advance generalist advocates for patients, communities...
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...The transformation of nursing Julien Augustin Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamic NRS-430v Mrs. Hathcock May 03, 2014 The transformation of nursing The institute of medicine has major impact on nursing profession today, because the world is changing the characteristic of everything for modern technology to healthcare system. In 2011, the United States has reformed the health system to improve the health outcome of all individuals. This reformation may affect especially nursing profession, the biggest portion of the health care workforce ( ̎ IOM REPORT, ̎ 2011). As a result of the healthcare reform, that was released in October 5th, 2010. Recommended that “ nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training to improve higher education and reassure wide opportunities for nursing to grow and assuming leadership collaborative in full partnership with others in health care professionals to improve the quality of care” ( IOM REPORT 2011, Pag. 1). According to the IOM, “nursing is the largest section of the nation’s health care workforce”, nurses play very important role by being front lines of the patient care and helping identifying vital objectives point in the 2010 health care law (IOM REPORT, October 5th , 2010). In 1965, since the birth of the nation’s health care which are Medicare and Medicaid program, the major change that has been in placed was the affordable Care Act (ACA) that was introduced in 2010. This program was designed to provide...
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...Transforming Nursing: IOM Impact Transforming Nursing: An Institute of Medicine Report In 2008, the Institute of Medicine in coordination with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) formed a partnership to examine the future of the nursing profession and its place in an ever evolving health care system. The resulting report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, was completed in 2010 at about the same time as the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The architects of this study recognized that the nursing profession makes up a substantial proportion of all health care providers and consequently, nurses will have a significant impact on the successful delivery of "safe, high-quality, and effective health care service" (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010, xi). Accordingly, the primary focus advanced by the committee included transforming nursing education, nurse practice, and leadership within the nursing profession (IOM, 2010). The committee, being cognizant of the challenges facing the health care community, identified a highly educated and well trained nursing corps as being the foundation behind a trustworthy and dependable health care system. Nursing education and training must therefore play an integral part in developing highly skilled and effective providers of excellent nursing care. With this requirement in consideration, four out of the eight final recommendations allude to education and training, including...
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...The Core Competency of Leadership in Nursing James Dunn Chamberlain College of Nursing Course Number: NR351 December 2015 The Core Competency of Leadership in Nursing Leadership in nursing is a fundamental core competency that is important to the growth and development of all nurses. The success of nursing is directly related to the effectiveness of the leadership in which they receive. By providing a good example, it will help to influence those around them and inspire others to want to lead as well. Leadership is important to nursing because it promotes a positive environment for current and future nurses and can develop standards and goals for nurses to continually strive for. Good leadership can be passed down thus providing a nurturing environment for those entering the profession. Effective Leadership According to Schwartz, Spencer, Wilson, and Wood (2011), “Success in the workplace often is contingent on a leader’s ability to effect positive change and inspire others to higher levels of achievement” (p.737). Leadership is a position that is not usually appointed however it instead emerges from those who have the ability to influence others, inspire others, and have character traits that are both admired and respected (Hood, 2014). Effective leaders have the power to make change and it’s important to recognize different leadership styles and the traits that an effective leader usually displays. Leadership Styles The type of leadership style used can greatly...
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...Professional Development of Nursing Professionals During the past years, we’ve witnessed a tremendous growth in the health crisis, but also the education. With skills that are needed to compete with these, health care advancement technologies and well being of these population growth are in crisis. As comprehensive as the need for health care is being overhauled through the years, a claim has been made on the topic of “Nursing” as being one of the most important. Health is not only to the sustainment of our species, but also, it only makes logical sense to not only educate the practitioners of the profession, but also increase the need for advancement in the education being delivered. The diverse healthcare setting is warranting change to the academic profession of the Nursing practice to accommodate the challenges of cultural and socioeconomic factors of health care populations. Due to the advancing stages of health care and recent health care reform, The Affordable Care Act of 2010 has placed a surge with more insured demographic change, the aging population and the chronically ill with comorbidities has placed need for professionals to practice with full competencies of leadership, critical thinking, evidence base practice, research and system improvements to accommodate the demand. According to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Institute of Medicine (IOM) (2010), they have given a report for more surge for nursing professionals of various levels to acquire...
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...THE FUTURE OF NURSING: LEADING CHANGE, ADVANCING HEALTH Introduction Studies show that the nursing profession cover most of the workforce in the health sector, and they are mainly served with the responsibility of acting as patients’ advocates as well as defining the care that is to be provided to ailing patients (Hamric, Spross and Hanson 21). Nurses mainly work on the frontline of patient care, and they tend to play a significant role in realizing the objectives formulated in the in the 2010 Affordable Care Act and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative (RWJFI) in collaboration with the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which define the need to change and advance healthcare (Initiative on the Future of Nursing n.d). Therefore, as much as there is a need to restructure the current healthcare, it is important to first address issues that interfere with the provision of quality and evidenced healthcare. To promote changes and advance health, the IOM report recommends nurses to practice to the full extent of their education, achieve higher levels of education and training through improved education process, and nurse to be involved in decision making processes touching on healthcare (Institute of Medicine n.d). The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health The impact of the IOM report on nursing education The primary goals of nursing education is mainly to prepare nurses to meet the ever increasing patients’ needs, function as leaders, and provide...
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