Active Nursing Leadership

This paper seeks to expand upon the 2010 Institute of Medicine’s report on the future of nursing, leading change, advancing health and illustrating its impact on nursing education, practice and leadership. There is an ongoing transformation in the healthcare system necessitated by the need to achieve a patient centered care in the community, public, and primary care settings in contrast to previous times. Nurses occupying vital roles in the healthcare system, need improvements in the areas mentioned above to

Nurses are increasingly becoming the strong leadership in developing all aspects of health care policy and decisions. Unfortunately the shared consensus is that most nurses do not possess leadership skills adequate enough to keep up with the ever-evolving field. The IOM reports on this by stating: “Nurses at all levels need strong leadership skills to contribute to patient safety and quality of care.” (IOM, 2010 pp.223) It is felt that nurses are depicted as people who carry out

IOM (Institute of Medicine), in partnership with RWJF (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), developed the report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing health on October 5, 2010.This detailed study focus on the significant connection between the health needs of various, varying populations and the actions of the nursing staff. The health care delivery system and nursing profession consider this report as a framework for transformation. The changes in health care system and nursing workforce are directed to health care researchers, payers, national, state and local government leaders, professionals and executives comprised

This article presented a lot of new information to me about how big of a difference nurses can make in health care and nursing, and how to go about making an evidence-based change. When I think about advocating for patient care I always thought much more small scale, as in talking to a doctor about a specific patient’s needs, but this article alerted me to the large-scale impact that nurses can make on patient outcomes and our work environments. It’s really great that as nurses we have the ability to make bigger picture changes in the quality and safety of patient

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Affordable Care Act challenged the nursing profession to grow and change the way they practice their profession. The IOM recommendations asked nurses to “envision a future system that makes quality care accessible to the diverse populations of the United States, intentionally promotes wellness and disease prevention, [and] reliably improves health outcomes”(Buxton & Scott, 2012 p.15) The goals it has set are nurses should practice to their full extent of practice, we are to achieve higher levels of education, nurses should partner with healthcare members to redesign healthcare, and more effective planning and policy making require better data collection.

With over three million nurses in the United States nurses play an important role in healthcare today. As the future of health care changes the nurses’ role will change as well. In 2008, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) combined partnership and put together a committee to assess nursing practices and make recommendations for the future transformations in the health care system. This report was released in 2010 and included four key components in which three will be discussed in this paper.

Healthcare has become a great challenge for the American society. The ambition to improve healthcare has develop an array of multiple disparities, unfairness, safety issues, scarce resources, and high cost. The need for citizens to be involved with their communities and become political activist, advocate, and contributors of policymaking is the turning key to improve American healthcare. Nurses can contribute immensely by advocating to improve the health of individuals and their communities (). This paper will discuss about the imperative need to understand the process of healthcare policy-making, understand political powers, identify policy issues, distinguish between private vs. public policy issues, and knowing the roles and responsibilities

Nurses have been successful advocates for improvement of the individuals, communities and indeed Nations. However much more work needs to be done to reduce health disparities, improvement of quality and safety in the health system. As well as improve access to care and formulate policies in organization that focus on the need of patients. In my opinion, nurses sometimes believe in a common mistake that nurses lack the power to be effective in the legislative arena. However, I just want to emphasize that nurses are the largest group of health care providers, and we can generate enough power to successfully reform the health care system based on numbers

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The role of the Advanced Practice Nurse has become a worldwide trend and is constantly being explored for its usefulness in other healthcare services such as policies (Schober, Gerrish, McDonnell, 2015). The contribution that nurses can contribute to policies, policy development and it’s implementation is colossal (Grady, 2016). The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) recommendation in 2010 was cited, “Public, private, and governmental health care decision makers at every level should include representation from nursing on boards, on executive management teams, and in other key leadership positions.” It was further stated that nurses have both the knowledge and skills to bring their practice insights into theory and policy development. The IOM’s

In my future role as an advance practice nurse I will be spending my time interacting with patients discussing their complaints

Strong leadership is important for the future of nursing. With all the changes being made today, nurses need to step up and advocate for their profession and working conditions. According to the IOM (2010), nurses should “act as full partners with physicians and other health professionals in redesign and reform efforts across the health care system”. Just as the leaders before us, such as Florence Nightingale, Jean Watson and Betty Neuman, made great contributions to the change in the nursing profession, we need those leaders today to continue making contributions to improve our practice.

I have found a definitive interest in our clinical committees and boards. I have seen our organization go from one of an autocratic authoritarian style of management to a transformational model of shared governance. Through this new style of leadership, a strong bond is being accomplished though a collaborative role between nursing staff and nurse leaders. Nurses are the best equipped to deal with developing and adopting innovative, patient-centered care models and bring true team building to the management. Healthcare reform needs to begin with the nurses that work directly with the public. Whether the reform is unique to a small nursing units or state and nationwide through nursing organizations lobbying for specific

The United States has gone through dramatic changes in recent decades Change increases conflict in organizations. (Huber, D. 2014).

Being a registered nurse affords one the option of working in many diverse healthcare settings. In any practice setting the climate of health care change is evident. There are diverse entities involved in the implementation and recommendation of these practice changes. These are led by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), nursing campaign for action initiatives, as well as individual state-based action coalitions. Nurses need to be prepared and cognizant of the transformations occurring in health care settings as well as the plans that put them at the forefront of the future.