Implementation of the IOM Future of Nursing Report
The work of the Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative
on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine
The committee of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) established major initiative on the future of nursing to ensure that nursing services will be able to meet increasing demand in the future. The committee was mandated with responsibility of conducting a research / study with an aim of formulation of policies and guidelines through the IOM report which will transform the future of nursing. The committee examines the capacity of workforce available at the nursing fraternity to ensure that they will be able to meet demand at the public healthcare systems being established and reformed healthcare provision (IOM Institute of Medicine, 2011).
The committee will formulate national recommendations to address issues related to building nursing capacity through well established education systems and improvement on delivery of nursing services. It was also within the committee mandate to define clear policies to be implemented in health institutions at the local, state and national levels. However, the recommendations will also include innovative means of resolving the current issues of shortage of nurses which is expected to escalate in the future due to increase of population and many people seeking nursing services.
The importance of the IOM “Future of Nursing” report related
to the nursing workforce.
The nursing workforce does benefit from the report because there are better policies which govern their education and terms of services at the state and National level. There will be more resources which will be dedicated to the education of nurses to improve their skills to meet with the growing demand of their services. The report promotes academic progression in nursing by provision of better academic programs for a highly educated nursing workforce (Berkowitz, 2011). It also provides reforms and improvements on their terms and conditions of services rendered. Therefore, making the profession more professional and lucrative the young generations who will be persuaded to join the profession thus combating the shortage crises which has being evident at the nursing workforce.
In institute of medicine nurses are perceived as personnel’s of major element in medical fatality. This was first by indentifying the role of nurses in our medical care. Nurses play a great deal in patient life in hospital some of the key roles for nurses are explained herein;
Nurses must practice the full knowledge they have learned in during their training. They should always attain the high level of education to be able to couple with the different kind of patient they will encounter. Nurses should as well implement code of ethics in accordance to health regulations and guidelines. In the society everything changes with time any every nurse should be aware of the changes around them and invest in education to improve their skills. To encourage them nurses are engaged in professional consolation to be able to equip them with the necessary skills and qualification to be able to couple up with immerging challenges.
Nurses’ works in the forefront of patient. Thus, there should be full partnership with full professional or physical knowledge of health care. In reforming health care nurses plays a major role but the power to change the sector does not solely fail in nurses’ government institution, insurance and other health care stake holder must participate. Working together great deal are achieved. When you in cooperate different sector who have interest in health care you can the best result. This will help the nurses in provision of good and affordable health care. By combining nurses and external forces which are campaign for good health you get the best from both sides.
Intent of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
One of the major works the leaders are working on in the health care is to introduce changes in healthcare through the nurses. This can be achieved through development of the education nurses achieve in education institution for example colleges or universities .the institute of medicine have established a number of ways to raise this awareness. The campaign has already started with informing some of the leading council leaders and committees in nursing union the important of it. According to (Berkowitz, 2011) it is also essential to market healthcare services and adopt a marketing strategy that take in to considerations of society at large, environment and stakeholders. The council has involved other stake holder such as businessmen organization and nursing care originations. One of the major hindrances to encounter is fund .as it will be campaign to educate the stake holder therefore the funds will be important. This implies that the government will be of good help therefore you cannot rule out the government out of this.
Nursing education may involve leadership of an individual about management and personal policy. The team members of health care have been very keen in ensuring the nurses achieve the best of their knowledge in united state (Richardson & Davis, 2009). The major stake holders focus on providing the best for the nurses’ educational materials to be able to equip them with the best knowledge possible. But they encounter some challenges to achieve this one have to consider the society moral believes and expectation of medical organization recommend that all the stake holders must me put in consideration in order to train disinclined force of nurses . To get the best of nurses who have to train them in a number of areas leave alone the medical aspect of it. A good nurse is well as a good a manager he or she should be able to manage time for her patient. To achieve that the institute of medical care have engaged other good willing stake holder of health care.
Rationale for state-based action coalitions
The report has brought changes at the federal government and business world in relation to how they perceive the nursing profession. According to (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2012), the federal trade commission is also concerned on the laws which are legislated at the states do have regulations aimed at restricting registered nurses at dispensation of their duties. It is also evident that 49 states at United States are at different levels of implementation of the report recommendations making it a reality. For example in Vermont the Governor has already created a commission to oversee the implementation of the report and ensure that the nurses are part and parcel of the health systems set by the state. In Wisconsin and Texas it is now evident that more Nurses are able to pursue higher education in Nursing with an aim of curbing nurse shortage. While, New Jersey has made it a priority to honor nurses by incorporating them at the Government Boards to accelerate implementation of IOM report.
References
Berkowitz, E. N. (2011). Essentials of health care marketing (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett
IOM (Institute of Medicine), (2011). The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
Richardson, R., & Davis, C. 2009. Entry into the United States. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2012), The Future of Nursing is Arriving. Retrieved on 25th August From. http://www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwjf/newsroom/newsroom-content/2012/11/the-future-of-nursing-is-arriving.html
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