Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V: Professional Dynamics March 17, 2013 The United States today faces drastic changes and has called for health care reforms. In March of 2010 legislation was passed that indicates insurance coverage for 32 million more Americans and is known as The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (" The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.) The (ACA) produces a
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of Medicines Report on the Future of Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Review of the Institute of Medicines Report on the Future of Nursing In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a report that focused on the future of nursing in the United States. This report included research, information and recommendations of how to improve the field of nursing. Three main points of the report included how to transform and advance nursing education, how to encourage and foster
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Professional Development of Nursing professionals Introduction Nursing has become the fastest growing profession within the health care field. Nursing has increased not only in demand but also in standards of patient care and expectations. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) discusses various changes within the scope of nursing as well as how nursing has and impact on the future for advancing health. Furthermore, IOM has significantly impacted the nursing education, nursing practice
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Running head: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NURSING Professional Development of the Nursing Professionals Socorro L. Lufsey Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics NRS 430v March 02, 2012 Professional Development of the Nursing Professionals This paper will discuss the report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the impact it has on the nursing profession. The nursing profession is one of the fasting growing professions and is the largest occupation in the healthcare industry
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Jennifer Debreceni, RN Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430V April 24, 2016 Professional Development of Nursing Professionals The Institute of Medicine (IOM) in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released a report in 2010, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health”. This report was released in conjunction with the healthcare bill known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). With the signing
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals In 2010 the United States Government passed into law the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Passage of this act enacted broad sweeping changes across the health care system focusing on expanded coverage, control of health care costs and improvement in the health care delivery system (Kaiser Family Foundation [KFF], 2013). This represents the largest change to the nation’s health care system since 1965 with the creation of Medicare and Medicaid programs
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to transform US health system into a quality and efficient health system. With emphasis on the public programs this calls for hospitals to create an innovative workforce. With this creation calls for a change in nursing education, nursing practice and nursing leadership. Impact of Nursing Education Currently there are three routes one can purse for their endeavor of becoming a registered nurse. There is the three year diploma program rendered through a hospital; an individual may seek out an associate
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Explain the value that professional nursing organizations have in networking and in the legislative process. Provide a rationale for your response. According to Merton, a professional organization is an organization of practitioners who judge one another as professionally competent and who have banded together to perform social functions which they cannot perform in their separate capacity as individual. The America Nurses Association is a national professional organization representing the
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Development for Nursing Professionals October 12, 2013 Change As the US population continues to grow and become more diverse, health care needs must change and grow with it. The US Government passed the Affordable Health Care Act in March 2010. This gives an additional 32 million Americans an opportunity to have insurance coverage. This leads to an additional 32 million people that will be seen in health care facilities across the United States. In October 2010, the Institute of Medicine
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past six years in various medical fields, I acutely understand the many challenges professional nurses face today. Every day, as a pharmacy technician, I strive to reduce risk of professional negligence. In order to accomplish this, I have independently studied all field of medicine, particularly nursing. I fully understand that as a medical professional, the majority of medical malpractice cases are due to professional negligence. Many patients claim, whether accurate or not, that a nurse has caused
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