Florence Nightingale's Evolution Real For The Future Of Nursing

Florence Nightingale had a vision. She recognized that with the proper skills and knowledge, public health care could be improved. It has been over 150 years since Nightingale’s prophecy, and healthcare has changed, evolved, and advanced in many ways. We, as nurses, are constantly in the midst of transformation and technological innovations. In the healthcare environment, society has had a hard time transitioning us from simple caregivers into our further capacity as knowledge workers. We need to be supported by healthcare organizations, universities, and healthcare initiatives to make that evolution real for the future of nursing. Here, we discuss some of the pressing issues surrounding this transition into knowledge workers and present some …show more content…
All of these devices gather clinical data and assemble it to provide information, thereby improving communication between nurses and other healthcare team members, while also reducing medical errors. Taking their cue straight from the theory of informatics, transforming that information into knowledge, and ultimately, wisdom is the goal of the knowledge …show more content…
With the PPACA advancing, the public will desire to be more involved in their own healthcare decisions and outcomes. The knowledge worker nurse can support this transition by moving EBP onward thru “those leading nursing science that have access to new funding opportunities to develop innovative programs of research in evidence-based quality improvement, implementation of EBP, and the science of improvement” (Stevens,