Document “ Toward 2020: visions for Nursing” was released by CNA (Canadian Nursing Association) in 2006. Main purpose of this document is to propose a health care system that will meet with future demands of healthcare where nurses play different roles than today. by also considering the historical aspects of health care in nursing. how it will change nurse 's role; leadership and community nursing are two main aspects that are very important to meet with future demands of Canadian health care system.
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This project “Towards 2020 visions nursing” led by CNA and funded by health Canada. Main purpose of document is to visualize some expected changes that will …show more content…
80). Currently there are more nurses work in hospital settings than community. Future of nursing insists to adopt upstream approach rather than downstream approach. Currently there is crisis in community nursing and CHNs in this study took the concept further and clearly declared that the health care system needed not only to be restructured but to shift to primary “health” care with more equitable distribution of resources across the continuum to support individuals, families, and communities to have better control over their health It is important for nurses to explore more about issues that Canadian community health nursing is facing and to develop strategies and recommendations that will favour the improvement in health care system to maximize its effectiveness and efficiency. Pg 1048. Community health nurses are approaching towards retirement so it’s important to creating an atmosphere which will attract current nursing staff and students for community nursing (Schofield, et al, …show more content…
Nurses have to arrive early and stay late, to work through their breaks which leads nurses to do too much work, and not be able to provide expected care to clients. so shortage of staff will increase workload and compromised patient care (Drebit, 2010). Advancement in technology in 2020 will demand existing staff members to update with new technology to provide competent care. Having a global license that allow nurses to practice in many nations with a core set of skills will provide future nurses with greater chances of employment through migration and travel. but at the same time it might create competition. As far this document is proposing the use of robotics to provide care to the clients and will take over jog of few nurses. It sounds interesting that how robots will take over some of the activities of nurses to combat with shortage of