Future of Nursing

Introduction

As a prerequisite, the history of nursing provides the required comprehension for fostering the profession. Learning from the past provides avenues for patients and practitioners in the ever-changing healthcare domain. The study of nursing history permits the comprehension and internalization of the issues that drive the industry. By learning about our past, the registered nurses proceed to conduct the three levels of advocacy: communities, patients, and practitioners. Looking into the issues therein results in a better analysis of the emerging issues and how they determine the development of the profession. Contemporary nurses cannot be fully equipped to solve these issues without the underpinning information from historical knowledge. For example, Patient-Centered Care (PCC), like providing them medical healthcare extension services, is becoming increasingly important given the pandemic culminating in underlying issues of offering culturally appropriate healthcare services. The functions conducted by nursing practitioners have been ever-increasing with the expansion of the scope of operations in the domain (Keeling,2015).

Situational Analysis and Recommendations

Clinical leadership’s effectiveness is in light of faster patient recuperation periods, cost efficiency in service delivery, and advocacy for the key stakeholders. With the rapid proliferation of technology, there is a rejuvenated focus on quality assurance and the use of data for optimizing the provider-patient dynamics. Targeted and personalized service delivery is now implemented in different domains making the decentralized nature of public healthcare to be fostered. Experts recommend that nursing leaders use lifelong learning and increase knowledge dissemination to the clinical and non-clinical staff. The development of an organizational culture of competency is one of the determinants of effective nursing clinical management; education and training reduce the challenges of racism, stereotyping, prejudice, and bias.

Another challenge is the resource constraints of nursing educators amid the increased number of students. Currently, faculty workloads and the limitations of nurses pose significant problems given the limited number of preceptors and educational programs, particularly in urban areas. The modern healthcare industry is underpinned by various demands, such as the heightened quantity of elderly and critically ill patients, heightened healthcare service expenses, and challenges driven by the deficit in nursing staff, educators, and researchers (Fawaz et al.,2018). Moreover, there is a change in the nursing labor workforce. Employing the rapidly varying and advancing healthcare environments requires the nurses to be agile in acquiring. Nurse educators must regularly assess and revise education curricula, teaching-learning strategies, and programs to prepare modern professional nurses. In the future, there is a need to limit the exposure to the rapidly varying and advancing healthcare environments requiring the nurses to be agile in acquiring and advancing their careers. In the future, Nurse educators must regularly assess and revise education curricula, teaching-learning strategies, and programs to prepare new professional nurses.

Conclusion

The paper has increased the adoption of technology in the nursing domain. The issues encountered during nursing and the learning environment were traditionally pegged on the profession’s primary values. For instance, applying human dignity while dealing with different patients proved essential. Moreover, the concept of social justice and human dignity generally drive the profession’s development in a broad scope. For instance, the case that was analyzed in the course concerning the utilization of a personal device to take the input of the data from the patient brought up the issue of data privacy and processing.

References

Keeling, A. W. (2015). Historical perspectives on an expanded role for nursing. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 20(2).

Fawaz, M. A., Hamdan-Mansour, A. M., & Tassi, A. (2018). Challenges facing nursing education in the advanced healthcare environment. International Journal of Africa nursing sciences, 9, 105-110.