...The Impact of the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on the Future of Nursing in Education, Practice and Leadership Esther Edukuye Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics NRS 430v 5/6/12 Janet Arnold Abstract This paper seeks to expand upon the 2010 Institute of Medicine’s report on the future of nursing, leading change, advancing health and illustrating its impact on nursing education, practice and leadership. There is an ongoing transformation in the healthcare system necessitated by the need to achieve a patient centered care in the community, public, and primary care settings in contrast to previous times. Nurses occupying vital roles in the healthcare system, need improvements in the areas mentioned above to enhance needed reforms. Having reviewed the 2010 institute of medicine (IOM ) report on the Future of Nursing Leading Change Advancing Health, despite being a practicing nurse for a long time, I felt a renewed sense of call to duty. I felt better about my decision to go back to school to earn my baccalaureate degree and started to think of how I can use the knowledge I will acquire thereby, to empower myself, as related to my present field of practice and start effecting changes immediately in the areas of nursing education, practice and leadership as identified in the report, needing crucial, innovation and reform. As a nurse presently in the mainstream of practice, it is no doubt that nursing care delivery today is really impacted in so...
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...The Impact of the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on the Future of Nursing in Education, Practice and Leadership NRS-430V Professional Dynamics September 12 2012 This paper focuses on expanding the impact of Institute of Medicine report on future of nursing, leading change, advancing health and illustrates its impact on nursing education, practice and leadership. Focus of this report highlights re structuring of the health care system to provide better service to patients. Today nursing is recognized as a promising career and has gained much significance over the years, several programs for becoming a nursing professional are being offered by universities, community colleges and hospital based schools. Since the mid 20th century, demands for nursing professional have been on an up rise, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of nursing graduates in the last decade (NLN, 2010b). The focus of nursing education have shifted to new dimensions such as community health, public health, primary care, geriatrics, disease prevention, health promotion and other areas rather than being limited to a particular area. And this is mainly to prepare nurse to deal with evolving health care system. Demand for nurses produced high amount of entry-level nurses, the study emphasizes highly educated nurses are preferred to handle todays today’s health care challenges. By 2020 the nursing work force should consist of 80% BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) prepared nurses...
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...Professional Development of Nursing Professionals The nursing profession plays a vital role in the nation’s health care workforce. Currently there are 3 million members thus it is imperative that nursing be ready to respond to the rapid evolving health care system. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) worked over 2 years to produce a report that would be available to make recommendations and serve as an action-oriented blue print to the nursing professionals. This paper will discuss the impact on nursing due to the recommendations on the IOM report regarding transforming education, transforming practice, and transforming leadership. (Institute of Medicine, 2011) Impact on Nursing Education The IOM report made a key point in which “nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression” (Institute of Medicine, 2011, p. 164). As the year’s progress it is vital that nursing education be transformed to stay current with today’s evolving health care. The IOM reports that even though the nursing profession must be transformed to work in a variety of complex settings however, they recognized that the primary goal of nursing education should still be that nurses prepared to meet diverse patients’ needs; function as leaders; and advance science that benefits patients and the capacity of health professionals to deliver safe, quality patient care. (Instiute of Medicine, 2011) The IOM report emphasized on the importance...
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...Impact of IOM 2010 Report on the Future of Nursing Troy Bradley Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics June 7, 2013 Impact of IOM 2010 Report on the Future of Nursing In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report The Future of Nursing, Leading Change, Advancing Health. This report addresses the opportunity the United States has to transform its health care system into a higher quality, safer, more affordable and accessible system since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Institute of Medicine, 2010). There are many recommendations on how to bring about this transformation. Three specific nursing areas which could be affected by these are education, practice (particularly primary care), and nursing roles as leaders. Within these are also recommendations not just for future nurses, but for practical changes the nurse can make in everyday practice now. Impact on Education The report clearly recommends nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training. It emphasizes the need for more nurses to enter the workforce with a baccalaureate degree, or to obtain one early in their career (Institute of Medicine, 2010). This is a requirement many hospitals are already putting into place. It also clearly makes its case for an all-BSN workforce at the entry level, in order to have the uniform foundation for the future nursing roles that they envision. The committee believes the nursing workforce should be at 80% having a BSN by 2020. They...
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...How the IOM report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” Impacts Nursing Kylie Kuehl Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V March 7, 2016 How the IOM Report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” Impacts Nursing In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a nursing report titled “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” The report stressed the importance of developing a more highly educated nursing workforce, providing nurses more leadership opportunities, and interdisciplinary collaboration (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2013). The release of the IOM report has lead to a number of revolutionary changes in nursing education and practice; it has impacted all aspects of the nursing profession. When it comes to nursing education, the recommendation stated in the IOM report is that nurses should obtain higher levels of education and preparation. Specifically, it is recommended that the percentage of BSN educated nurses be increased to 80% by the year 2020. The release of the IOM report has provided the momentum necessary to change nursing education across the country. (Institute of Medicine, 2011) One particular program that was approved in response to the report is The Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School. The concept of this middle college was developed due to the number of students from low-income areas that were dropping out of nursing school. The middle college is intended to...
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...Professional Development of Nursing Professionals: The Impact of the IOM Report, Nursing a Change for the Future Dina Gibson Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V February 10, 2013 Professional Development of Nurses: The Impact of the IOM Report, Nursing a Change for the Future The health care field is always growing and changing. With this advancement in technologies, it is important for the members of the professional health care field to grow with it. According to Robert Wood Johnson (2010), “With more than 3 million members, the nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation’s health care workforce” (Institute of Medicine 2010 pg1). A pathway needs to be cleared so that nurses can play an instrumental role in the improvement of the health care system. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the impact of the IOM (Institute of Medicine) 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 in the future of nursing care. The Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education There are many different educational paths one can choose when becoming a registered nurse (RN). These include the bachelors of Science (BSN), the associate’s degree (ADN), and the diploma in nursing. All three pathways are required to take National Council of State Board of Nursing (NCSBN). This exam measures competency for an entry level RN to begin practice. According to Robert Wood Johnson (2010),...
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...Running head: THE IMPACT ON NURSING OF THE 2010 IOM REPORT ON The Impact on Nursing of the 2010 IOM Report on Future Nursing Marylin Estes Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V September 23, 2011 The Impact on Nursing of the 2010 IOM Report on Future Nursing . The 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report along with Robert Wood Johnson (RWJ) conducted a study to gain insight on a number of barriers that restrict nurses from responding effectively to rapidly changing health care systems, the need to assess and transform the nursing profession. In this report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” (Institute of Medicine, 2010) they determined that our health care system was selling patients short on affordable, safe, quality care. The IOM founded four key messages: that nurses should fully utilize their education and training, nurses should continue to further their education, should work in a partnership with physicians and all other health care professionals, and have more structured policies to ensure better data collection and information. This paper will include the impact of nursing education, nursing practice, and the role of the nurse as a leader. According to the IOM report on nursing education, the U.S. health care systems will require serious changes in the education of nurses before and after achieving a license to help with the transition of the nursing roles and responsibilities. The goal will remain the same as nurses will continue...
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...Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Professional Development of Nursing Professionals The Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education The institute of medicine’s report will have a great impact on the nursing education (Institute of Medicine, 2010). This will open doors to an even greater innovation on the nursing education. In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) started an initiative in order to change for the better the future of nursing education and the whole nursing profession as well. The RWJF purpose is to make a report and give recommendations that will help the nursing profession. One those recommendations says that nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training (Institute of Medicine, 2010). This is recommendations is very essential in order to improve the nursing profession and education, being a good nurse starts by having a good foundation in nursing school. If a nurse gets a good education, he or she will be competent enough to assess any situation that will come his or her way. He or she will be able to identify any problems and give the necessary needs of the patients because he or she can identify what is needed to be done in order to give the best and proper nursing care to every patient. Understanding every anatomy and physiology of the human body, memorizing every medication and action of each drug, and how to properly give the right care for every each patient suffering from different disease. These...
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...The 2010 IOM Impact on Nursing Practice, Education and Leadership Grand Canyon University May 26, 2010 In 2010 after spending two years researching and discovering that many roadblocks in our current health care system restrict nurses from responding to the rapidly aging and changing health care setting, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released their report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It was determined in the report that our current health care system was selling patients short on accessible, affordable, safe, quality health care. In response to their findings the IOM called on nurses in particular to transform their practices and become leaders in the health care arena. This can be accomplished through a lifetime of continuous education and leadership skills developed into a more patient centered health care system. This would ensure a safer, higher quality, accessible and affordable health care system for all (American Nurses Association, 2010) (Institute of Medicine, 2011). Our aging population needs more primary care, acute care, and long term care while most nurses seem to migrate toward specialty care services. The demand for care continues in specialty areas, but sometimes excludes many services needed by the aging population. If nurses were to continue their education from the time they became licensed until they retired or left the medical community...
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...Nursing is a fast growing profession. A registered nurse is required to be capable enough to adapt to the modern techniques, equipments, and knowledge based procedure. According to the Institute of Medicine nursing is one of the biggest workforces in healthcare. By starting a transformation in the nursing field, there can be change in the healthcare industry (Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson foundation 2011). The Institute of Medicine, on October 5, 2010, released their research based report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” as a recommendation to improve nursing. Nurse must be able to provide the public accessible and high quality healthcare, there needs to be a higher standard of healthcare and highly educated nurses Impact of the IOM report on nursing education The education nurses acknowledged during the twentieth century are no longer adequate enough to handle the requirements of today’s healthcare. “Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes flawless academic progression.”(Institute of Medicine, 2010). As the healthcare field moves forward, technology has played a major role. As technology advance, patient needs and healthcare setting have become more complex, nurses are required to acquire higher education to deliver high-quality and safe healthcare. Higher education in nursing includes Baccalaureate degree in Nursing, Doctorate in Nursing in Nursing Practice (Institute...
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...1. he impact of the IOM report on nursing education. 2. The impact of the IOM report on nursing practice, particularly in primary care, and how you would change your practice to meet the goals of the IOM report. 3. The impact of the IOM report on the nurse’s role as a leade The impact of iom report on nursing In 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) collaborated with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) to publish The Future of Nursing: Leading Changes, Advancing Health. With the increasing changes in health care, it is up to the nurses to keep themselves updated and competent. The purpose of this collaborated effect put forth recommendation that allow nurses to “(1) ensure that nurses can practice to full extent of their education and training (2) improve nursing education,(3) provide opportunities for nurses to assume leadership positions and to serve as a full partners in health care system and (4) improve data collection for workforce planning and policy making”(The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institutes of Medicine[RWJF and IOM]. IOM has a great impact on nursing education. A higher level of education, training and experience could make a nurse competent in her level of pra. One of the statistic shows that 34.2% nurses have BSN, 33.7% have associates degree, and 17% have masters or a Doctorate degree (Cherry & Jacob, 2008, p.550). While there are changes made in our health care there should be changes in nursing education prior to licensing and post...
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...In the face of an ever-changing health care system, as nurses, we have no choice but to change as well. The Institute of Medicine (IOM), an independent organization with a mission to, “Serve as advisor to the nation to improve health,” created a report outlining major categories of change necessary so that nurses can meet the changing health care needs of the United States (Institute of Medicine, 2010). This report, titled, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health”, will be the focus of this paper. This paper will look at the impact of the Institute of Medicine’s report on nursing education, nursing practice in primary care, the impact of the report on the nurses as leaders, and how the author of this paper will change her practice to meet the goals of the report. One of the key points in the report states, “Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training” (Goeshchel, 2011). This report fully encourages nurses to never stop learning, and to prepare themselves to maintain a high level of knowledge in their field. The IOM report also follows this key message on education with recommendations for moving forward. One of the recommendations is that as a profession, nurses “increase the proportion of nurses with baccalaureate degrees to 80% by 2020” (Goeshchel, 2011). The next two recommendations are that nurses “double the number of nurses with a doctorate degree by 2020, and ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning” (Goeshchel...
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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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...The Future of Nursing The Institute of Medicine and the Impact on Nursing Rachel E Boyd Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Professional Dynamics April 19, 2015 The Institute of Medicine and the Impact on Nursing The Institute of Medicine is setting the standard high for nursing and with good reason. Our healthcare system is changing and we need to be well versed and prepared for these changes. Nursing is changing politically and the way healthcare is being delivered is transitioning also. The Institute of Medicine has made a very bold statement and we in the nursing field need to make an effort to fulfill these goals set for us. These goals are set up for nurses’ best interest and giving the patients the best possible care. Better patient care is what the Institute of Medicine seems to aiming at improving. This should be the mission for all parties included when it comes to transforming the healthcare system as a whole. This will not be an easy task for the Institute of Medicine but is attainable especially with compliance from the healthcare industry. Nursing Education The Institute of Medicine is having a major impact on the nursing field and setting the educational requirements high especially for future nurses coming into this field. The expectation is for eighty percent of nurses to have a bachelor’s degree by 2020. The goals set by the Institute of Medicine is understandable and the push is very necessary. The direction that healthcare is going we have...
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...Running Head: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Review of the IOM report: The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health The major impact on the nursing side of the question seems to be three fold and the main emphasis is that the future health system will be patient oriented and technologically advanced and therefore the nurses should achieve better education and training and the learning will be lifelong and the academic institutions must provide a seamless academic progression for the nurse. Thus the concept of educating the potential nursing graduates and providing them with modern tools and at the same time including the existing professionals and upgrading them to be more equipped in terms of “care management, quality improvement methods, systems-level change management” seems to be the major motto of the report. (Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2011b) The role of the nurse is seen from a different light, that of a decision maker and major participant in the health process. Major emphasis is paid to the undergraduate nursing education, which now will provide multiple educational pathways. Secondly the directives attempt is to give a greater role to nurses, which means greater responsibility and decision making, and nurses are enjoined to be on an equal partnership with physicians and other personnel...
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