The Affordable Healthcare Act ( Aca ) And The Institute Of Medicine

Throughout the process of composing this report, the Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing devised and enacted what is known as the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. The engendering of the "Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" was a major component of that initiative. The aforementioned organization was not only responsible for conducting the research that this report was based on, but actually provided four essential recommendations that it believed the data supported and that have a direct correlation to the data collection necessary for future workforce policy making and planning, as

This paper will discuss various aspect of the future of health care focusing on the future of how nursing will play an ever-important role in the reformation of health care. Presentation regarding, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the future of nursing, at the Institute of Medicine report entitled, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health,” will help set the stage for this paper. Discussion will be had regarding the relationship of the Institute of Medicine to that of the nursing profession and the foreseeable changes to practice based on the Institute of Medicines recommendations. Further discussion will be had no the

Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine

The Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report on The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health acknowledges the changing healthcare sector in the US and describes future vision of healthcare and the role of nurses to fulfill that vision. The United States always strives to provide affordable and quality healthcare to the entire population of the country. In order to achieve this goal an overall restructuring of the healthcare system was necessitated. Nurses are considered to be the central part of the healthcare system to provide high quality and safe patient care. Nursing in the US is the single largest segment of the healthcare workforce with almost 3 million nurses working in different areas across the county. The changing

Moving forward the nursing profession has some challenges it must confront if we are going to help lead the country to a healthcare

Health care in the United States (US) is constantly evolving however, when the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was signed into US legislation the need for evolution increased at an exponential rate (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010a). The PPACA’s primary goals were to provide safe, quality, and affordable health care to every US citizen as well as to minimize the number Americans without insurance (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). According to the IOM (2010a) nurses played a fundamental role in developing the goals of the PPACA and are an essential component in meeting the requirements of the new act. Despite making up the largest sector of the health care workforce, the nursing profession faces multiple hurdles trying to effectively respond to the rapid metamorphosis of health care (IOM, 2010a). The recommendations proposed by the IOM to overcome these hurdles were released in their report on The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (IOM, 2010b)

Nursing career is one of the few fastest growing fields in the health care industry not only in the United States but also in the world. Nurse practice has drastically changed in the last decade and as a result the need for changes in nursing practice is becoming more and more important. The Institute of Medicine report discusses so many aspects in nursing but this paper requires detailing the impacts on Nursing Practice (Transforming Practice), Nursing Education (Transforming Education), and the Nurse’s role as a Leader (Transforming Leadership). These three key aspects are discussed in the following pages.

In response to reforms called for by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Institute of Medicine (IOM) examined the future of nursing with these changes in mind. It is crucial for nursing to adapt to these reforms, along with advancements in medicine and changes in the demographics of the United States. The IOM report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, analyzes many ways that nursing can be improved and has been improved, and how we can apply what we have learned to how we practice nursing. I will be analyzing three sections of the report in particular: “Transforming Education,” “Transforming Practice,” and “Transforming Leadership” in order to determine how policy changes might impact my nursing education, practice and

According to the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the nursing profession is the largest population in the nation 's health care workforce with over three million members. Because of this, nurses have a fundamental role in the transformation of the nation 's rapidly changing health care environment. To achieve this role, the IOM addressed several key recommendations to serve as a guide to the direction of the future of nursing (Institute of Medicine, 2010). This paper will focus on three areas that the IOM considers as obstacles the nursing profession encounter as they tackle the challenges of the changing health care system and how it will impact the future of nursing.

In October of 2010, the Institute of Medicine released the report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health”. “The IOM is an independent, nongovernment organization that gives advice to people in decision-making positions… The opinions of the IOM are highly regarded and carry weight in legislative decision” (Grand Canyon University[GCU], n.d., para. 6). This paper will explore the impact on nursing of the IOM report, focusing on the topics of education, nursing practice, and the role of the nurse as a leader.

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

Review the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report: "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health," focusing on the following sections: Transforming Practice, Transforming Education, and Transforming Leadership.

Healthcare Reform has been and still is a highly debated controversial political issue in this country. It has been a hot topic of past presidential campaigns, with many proposed solutions, none of which were enacted upon by Congress. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010. This law or Obamacare, as it is commonly called, was designed to cover the 48 million Americans, including about 1 million in New Jersey who did not have health insurance. It is envisioned to provide seamless, affordable, quality care that is accessible to all. Great emphasis will be placed on transforming our current “sick care” hospital system into a community “health care” system of prevention and health promotion. This paper discusses the evolving and future roles of nurses under the new system. It also examines the proposals of a joint committee made up of members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), as an initiative to help nurses in their new leadership roles to a healthier nation.

There are over three million nursing professional in United States and they make the largest segment of nation’s health care workforce. Nurses can play a vital role in helping to realize the objectives set forth in the 2010 affordable act, legislation that represents the broadest health care overhaul since the 1965 creation of Medicare and Medicaid program (IOM 2010). Due to the restricting barriers nurses were not able to respond effectively to the changing health care systems. In 2008, The

Many years ago in the United State of American, several individuals in this country could not afford the pay the high cost of health coverage, but with new initiative of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) by the president, these individuals can receive care through affordable healthcare. In 2010, the report by the implementation (IOM) future of Nursing came into reality. Many individuals in United State were not just happy, but more productive as the reform was so helpful to them and reduces the number of uninsured and the underinsured individuals together (IOM, 2010). In this health care reform, the crucial, vital and leading role were played by the nursing profession, in which more than three million nurses in the health care takes the leading sector in achieving the goals that is set by the Affordable Care (AACN, 2010). In this paper, the purpose is to describe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Committee Initiative on the Future of Nursing and IOM research that led to the IOM report, to recognize the IOM significance Future of Nursing report related to nursing practice, education and workforce growth, state-based action coalitions role two initiatives summary and the advance goals of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.