4. Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure. Impact of IOM Report on Nursing Education The report recommends that nurses should attain higher education levels to meet the needs of today’s changing healthcare system; therefore nurses should achieve the necessary competencies to ensure the delivery of safe patient-centered care. The nursing education must be improved to accommodate these competencies which include leadership, system improvement, collaboration, emphasis practice based on evidence, research, community and public health, geriatrics, computer skills and information management. These are essential to emulate the technological advancement in healthcare today as opposed to the current fragmented system that is both antiquated and ineffective.
I came to know how the system works while people are seeking health care services from ER. When patients arrived in ER, they are categorized based on their acuity level from 1 to 5 by triage nurse at triage room. Triage level 1 are the patients who need immediate care and doctor must see them immediately. Triage level 2 are the patients who needs immediate care and doctor and nurses must see them with in 15 minutes of their arrival. Triage levels 3 are patients who need care soon and doctor and nurses should see them within next 30 minutes or so.
The newly formulated team was then required to select a strategy to decrease overcrowding and improve patient flow, develop a plan to execute the strategy and submit monthly reports detailing their progress. The six hospitals were able to develop 8 strategies that they believed could be implemented in 3 months with
The 2010 IOM report also puts a light on the importance of nurse as a leader . Nurses should take part and act as full partners in redesigning the future of health care with physicians and others in the health care team. Be accountable for the care delivered and efforts to improve at all levels to avoid and prevent errors from happening. Today we need more nurses as leaders in fields of policy making advisory boards to local and federal levels and in legislative levels ,to bring forward ideas to improve health care system and there by ensuring the safety and health of our patient and community
Sometimes patient’s neurological deficits get resolved after a few hours or days and that calls for change of treatment plan. How do I know the nursing intervention to perform on stroke patients? It’s through empirical knowing. Empirical knowing is the ‘science’ of nursing, it can be systematically organized into general laws and theories that are used to describe, explain, and predict (Carper, 1978).Empirical knowing is knowledge obtained from school lectures, text books and journals. Empirical knowing focuses on evidenced based practice which leads to effective nursing practice.
Nursing education with its multiple routes for entry level licensure make it one of the most distinctive in the United States today. From colleges to hospitals, nursing education needs to change to fit how health care is delivered today in the 21st century, meeting the needs of patients with increased complexity. The Future in Nursing report discusses available research on improved patient outcomes when comparing a BSN prepared nurse to an AND prepared nurse. This enforces the IOM”s message of “lifelong learning”. Nurses should always be striving for higher level of education.
Morgan Farmilo – 11492522 NRS296 – Discipline of Nursing 3: Inquiry and Research Assessment 1 – Critique of a Research Article Subject Coordinator – Annabel Matheson Due date – 22nd September 2014 Submission Date – 21th September 2014 In order for nurses to provide the best possible care for their patients they must utilize the concept of evidence based practice and understand the importance of research in nursing. But what is evidence based practice and how can we ensure that we are implementing it correctly in our career as a nurse? This essay will provide you with an overview of evidence based practice and demonstrate the importance of research through a critique of a recent article published in the journal of advanced nursing, titled “paediatric nurses adherence to the double-checking process during medication administration in a children’s hospital: an observational study.” (Alsulami, Choonara & Conroy, 2013). Evidence based practice can be defined as practice that is validated by clear, up to date rationale, taking into account your own personal judgement and the patients’ preferences (Aveyard
Therefore with the knowledge nurses receive from the research will become the new recommendations and standards for nurses to practice on patients in the future. In research, nurses have different roles in providing evidence on improving the outcome of patient care in the nursing profession. For example, “Some nurses are developers of research and conduct studies to generate and refine the knowledge needed for practice” (Burns & Grove, 2011, p. 27) While other nurses use the evidence from research to improve the quality of care for the patients (Burns & Grove, 2011). Consequently all nurses from any field of the nursing profession will participate in one aspect or another regarding research since nursing is an ever continuing improvement
Nursing assessment skills are essential in prevention, early diagnosis and treatment. Regardless of how one defines nursing, it is certain that nursing encompasses a vast body of knowledge and requires a great deal of competency and skill. It is also a demanding profession that involves cultural competency and a high level of interactions with patients. According to Sweet, “Nurses serving in primary care roles could expand access to care, educate people about health risks, promote healthy lifestyles and behaviors to prevent disease, manage chronic, diseases, and coordinate care” (2010, p. 28). It is important to educate public about nursing profession and move away from the stereotypes that nurse’s job is to follow doctor’s orders.
Mastering techniques in research, teamwork, communication, and certifications I must possess. There are also milestones and barriers that I have to overcome to achieve my goals. My goals must be set to give me focus on advancing my career and accomplishing my goals. “Goal-setting is one of the foundational cornerstones of everything - our success, the way we make choices with our time, the quality of life we will live - everything is impacted when we have clear, written goals.” (“Setting goals is important,” 2010 para 4). Professional short and long- term goals My professional short-term goal is to become a critical care nurse.