Patients want to feel comfortable enough with a nurse without the presence of a doctor. The ratio of nurses to doctors is significantly greater in health care, so it is important that nurses know just as much as doctors when it comes to providing basic care. It is within the right of a human being to have good health. It is also within the right of a health care provider to be as knowledgeable as possible in order to provide the best care possible to a patient. The American Nurse Association plays a key role in the health care reformation because it pushes all providers to be even more knowledgable within their field.
However, not all of the new technology will successfully emerge into the health care system because it is very costly to implement. Consumerism and patient empowerment is also a change that has taken place and this involves the public having a higher expectation of the quality of service being provided. Recent studies reveals that patients are now demanding more information, and wants to be involve in the decision making when concerning treatment options. The demands for more information are supported by trends in ethics and law regarding patient autonomy and informed consent. Patients within the last
Executive Summary – Middlefield is facing the high employee turnover, workforce shortage - especially of Nurses and low employee morale problems. Some of the findings about the causes of the problems are opening of the new hospital with better facilities and advanced technology for patient treatment and care, unavailability of quality instructors for nursing degree programs at universities. To tackle the problems, efficient use of existing Nursing workforce should be done in the short term. Whereas aggressive retention policies and increase in production of quality Nursing workforce should be long term strategies. Also Middlefield must ensure to increase the employee morale.
Current and Future State of Advanced Practice Changing Roles of Advanced Practice Nurses Advanced practice nurses face a challenging situation within the present health care system. For many years, such traditional health care roles as physician and nurse have been regarded as unopposed professionals. With the rapid expansion of knowledge and the raising of standard of care based on evidence-based clinical practice, the health care system in recent years has expanded its ranks to support and expand the physician and nurse roles. Specialist and subspecialist training are fast making the role of the jack-of-all-trades health professional less and less valuable due to the sheer volume of knowledge required to match the standard of care demanded
Cultural competence lays the groundwork for decreasing disparities in healthcare. Competence is evident when patients experience improvements in the delivery of healthcare. The evidence is shown when patients, nurses, and physicians are able to discuss potential problems without cultural differences impeding medical progress (“What is Cultural Competency, “ 2013). Understanding culture is imperative in healthcare. It impacts the patient’s health and the ability to heal.
(Creasia, J., & Friberg, E (2011). The health care industry is developing rapidly. In modern society, the sophisticated technical advancement and the increasing demands of patients’ calls for highly educated workforce in the nursing field .The professional baccalaureate level and higher degrees are notably well-suited to meet the requisition of today’s complex health care system. “Competency is an individual’s actual performance in a particular situation, described by how well the individual integrates knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors in delivering care according to expectations’ ”. (Trisha, M., Shawna, D., Mary Ann A., & Pamela, H.) Education has very important role to update knowledge in nursing field and does affect the competency of the nurse clinician to provide care for the patients.
Advanced knowledge in individual patient care, understanding the essentials of person, environment, health and nursing profession and having the ability to apply the metaparadigms in daily practice, effectively improve nursing practice and patient outcomes. The goal for both degree level nurses is to provide quality care, however the BSN has a much broader knowledge base allowing for the care of more complex patients and a higher degree of autonomy in her role leading to better patient outcomes. A BSN’s leadership skills are far superior, opening the door to hold higher level positions within hospitals and community facilities. For ADN's seeking to be ‘the best nurse they can be,’ the BSN program will lead them on that
So, it is very important for nurses to upgrade their knowledge level to comply with the requirements of changing health care system, which can be achieved by higher education and specialization. Due to advancement in the entire medical field, health care professionals are facing new challenges and problems, when compared to the previous era. So, the old educational system and the training, which was given to nursing students in previous years, is not adequate to fulfill the demands of modern era. The needs of the patients underwent a paradigm shift over the years,
Active endorsement, accountability, and role modeling of the EBP model by both formal and informal leaders are crucial elements of the program success. Leaders must help nurses understand that nursing practice is more than what happens at the bedside during any given shift; today’s nurses must also step away from the bedside to address issues affecting broader and future patient populations. Among all these elements that changed my conception, continuing timely education will facilitate acceptance of EBP as
Emerging Trends in Nursing There are many trends emerging today that will have an impact on our future. No one knows exactly what the future will bring, we as humans are only capable of making predictions. One of the most prominent areas seen affected by emerging trends in the past and present is the healthcare field. Various aspects of healthcare will continue to grow and shape our future including: the nursing workforce, innovative medical technology, etc. As healthcare needs continue rise and the population ages, I believe a shortage in nursing may be imminent based on these subsequent rationales that are discussed.