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Excerpts Of The Iom's Future Of Nursing

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Health care as a whole in our country is evolving, becoming more complex as the health care needs of our respective communities change and also becoming complicated. Conversely, changes in the nursing profession are occurring on an everyday basis in an attempt to keep up with the different dynamics happening in our health care landscape today. These changes include, added responsibilities, increased demand in additional training and nurses charged with furthering their education. Health organizations and schools should engage in a conscious effort to increase the number of nurses with a baccalaureate degree (BSN) to 80 percent by 2020 (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010). IOM (2010) further recommended in their landmark, Future of Nursing report, …show more content…

Our department time and discussed the report itself, had a dialogue about the Affordable Care Act and discussed their implications to surgical nursing practice. It was also right around this time when our hospital implemented preliminary steps in obtaining magnet status. Shortly after these events was when I decided to finally pursue a BSN degree. Hearing my manager’s words such as; “You’ll be required by 2020 to have the degree or our hospital will make a serious push to only hire BSN nurses,” this was what put myself in gear to take classes. I did not want to put myself in a situation where my associate degree would limit me from advancing in my career. Simply put, it was time to pursue a higher …show more content…

I do believe that earning my BSN will give me further opportunities within my role now in my healthcare organization. As a clinical IT analyst, I have been involved in multiple implementation projects in different facilities as a team member. With a BSN degree, I can see myself pursuing a lead position on future projects, with maybe a small team of four people. Leading projects and overseeing their successful completion will hopefully earn me points when they are read on a resume. I’m not certain at this time if I will pursue a doctorate-level degree. However, I have started inquiring about continuing my education and enrolling in a clinical informatics program or a master’s degree program in clinical information technology. It is easy to see the trend of a connected world and health care is right in the middle of the push to implement integrated medical records. With a clinical informatics degree and some meaningful experience in implementing various medical-related projects, these can only help market my skills and standing as a

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According to Garson (2000), the primary issues of healthcare, which were improving access, lowering costs, and improving the quality of care, would accelerate through 2010. Later in 2008, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation researched the need of radically changing the nursing profession to confront the issues of healthcare (National Academy of Sciences, n.d.). Through these issues the IOM has devised a report suggesting the transformation of nursing practice, education, and leadership. By transforming the nursing profession, the IOM will give way for positive changes in the healthcare system. With this said, the IOM has researched and devised a plan to confront the issues of healthcare, however, how will this impact the nursing profession?

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(2) Create a guiding coalition –For example, partner with nurse leaders, educational facilities and business that will support this goal. (3) Develop a vision and strategy – Develop a strategic nursing degree plan that will specifically be of support to the nurses that want to obtain their BSN to better themselves and patient outcomes. (4) Communicate the change vision –Inform employees about the new policies, goals and expectations in staff meeting, town hall meeting and during evaluations. (5) Empowerment –Inform and educate your employees on the benefits of self-empowerment and the advantages of having a BSN degree. (6) Generate short‐term wins – Giving raises and allowing promotions for those that achieve their BSN.

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This article is a study conducted from 12 nurses of different backgrounds stating their experiences as RN-BSN nurses. These nurses saw and experienced the difference from working as RNs to RN-BSN nurses. Being RN-BSN nurses is not only a step up for getting a higher nursing degree, but it also made them think more critically, gained a leadership and management skills, became more tolerant of others and stronger patient advocates, expanded their nursing knowledge, improved communication skills, and changed their outlook of nursing into a bigger

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Education for nurses was overlooked and was infrequently encouraged. Having a diploma or associates degree in nursing (ADN) was sufficient enough to practice and was commonly the achieved standard among many nurses entering the field. Within the past 15 years, research has shown that patient outcomes have improved when baccalaureate prepared nurses are the majority of the nursing workforce; therefore, hospital employers now prefer to hire nurses holding a bachelors of science in nursing (BSN) or higher degree of academics (Matthias & Kim-Godwin, 2016, p. 208). The understanding of the roles of the ADN and BSN prepared nurse are not consistently understood and agreed upon across the nation. Although there are some similarities in the ADN and BSN nurse in reference to common knowledge of basic skills and the undeniable desire to care for others, there are significant differences in educational level, being a member of the interdisciplinary team and being involved in and

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