Two recommendations for nursing education you believe will be most effective or radical in creating change within the industry

Two recommendations for nursing education you believe will be most effective or radical in creating change within the industry

Two recommendations for nursing education you believe will be most effective or radical in creating change within the industry

NUR 513 Topic 1 Discussion Question Two

Access The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Identify the two recommendations for nursing education you believe will be most effective or radical in creating change within the industry. Provide rationale based on your experience in practice. Do you agree or disagree with how the Institute of Medicine (IOM) describes the advanced practice registered nurse role evolving. Why or why not?

Re: Topic 1 DQ 2

In the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report title “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” (2011), the IOM recommended changes to the nursing profession in order to improve patient outcomes. One of those recommendations is to “ensure that nurses can practice to the full extent of their education and training” (Institute of Medicine, 2011). These is probably the most important aspect of the IOM report because although we are facing a shortage of primary care providers in the country, many regulatory bodies still put boundaries in place for nurses trying live up to this recommendation. There are currently only 20 states in America that allow Nurse Practitioners to practice without a supervising physician (Full Beaker, Inc., 2021).

Another recommendation from the IOM report is that nurses should achieve higher levels of education (IOM, 2011). While I agree wholeheartedly with this recommendation on the surface, I believe that it may help and hurt the profession. Nurses should be expected to achieve higher levels of education and continue their education throughout their career because its just the right thing to do. Health care is changing constantly and nurses should keep up with those changes in order to keep patients safe. However, if the minimum educational level for entry into the nursing profession were to be changed to a baccalaureate degree it would prevent many people from entering the profession in the first place. The time and cost involved may be a deal breaker for many. In addition, with the nursing shortage getting worse every year we should not increase the time it takes nurses to obtain licensure. I know that for me, if I had to go straight through for a bachelor’s of science in nursing, rather than obtaining my associates degree, I would probably have chosen a different profession.

References

Full Beaker, Inc. (2021). Nurse.org Career Guide Series: Nurse Practitioner. Retrieved from https://nurse.org/resources/nurse-practitioner/#:~:text=Nurse%20practitioners%20have%20full%20practice,on%20certain%20patient%20care%20decisions.

Institute of Medicine (IOM) (2011). The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209881/

PEER RESPONSE

Re: Topic 1 DQ 2

Hi K..,

Thank you for your insights and perspective on the current limited privileges granted to nurse practitioners, in comparison with the high cost acquired should an individual pursue an advanced degree in nursing.  It is fascinating that although an associates’ degree (AA) in nursing is commonly less expensive than a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) education, the sheer time it takes to complete an AA is the exact same as a BSN – four years (IOM, 2011).  I am curious how we can address the financial delta between an AA and a BSN, in order to provide more opportunity to RNs to seamlessly enter a BSN program after completing an accredited AA nursing program.  Do you have any follow up thoughts?

Thank you again1

REFERENCES

Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2011. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209880/ doi: 10.17226/12956

Re: Topic 1 DQ 2

Hello K..,

I do agree with you that one of the best recommendations by IOM about the role of the advanced registered nurse practice is to allow the nurses practice to the full extend according to their level of training and education. This has a direct impact on the effect of shortage of primary care providers in the sense that it will relieve the pressure on the already outstretched and overwhelmed primary healthcare providers. Additionally, the same concept was emphasized by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which broadened the concept of “medica staff” (Altman et al., 2016).

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