As the society changes, the nursing practice must change to meet the growing needs of the society. Nursing has come a long way from the founder Florence Nightingale who established the first nursing training school in London in 1860 (Black 2014). During and after the American Civil War the need to train nurses to care for the sick and wounded soldiers became essential. Through this surfaced a leader, Dorothea Dix, and 3 nursing schools that molded the Nightingale school in England (Black 2014). Throughout the history of nursing, there has been a significant growth in the education of nurses and the nursing profession. Now, due to the dynamic challenges in society’s health needs and the cost involved in health care, the need to incorporate nursing and bring the profession to a higher standard calls for a transformation in the nursing world. This call of
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The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2016) endorses that all entry-level registered nurses should be trained at a baccalaureate program. It is important for registered nurses to earn a master’s degree within 10 years of receiving first nursing license. This will promote quality of care and enhance patient safety.
The scope of practice laws in each state are the rules that govern the actions licensed health-care professionals can execute. Removing the scope-of-practice barriers, according to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academics (2010), would allow qualified professional nurses to practice to their capacity of the training and education they have received. Recommendations are made for changes to the health care system and nursing education. In order for this to work many actions need to happen. They need to broaden the role of advance professional nurses to lower the cost of health care and enrich the nursing profession. This recommendation was deemed
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2016) endorses that all entry-level registered nurses should be trained at a baccalaureate program. It is important for registered nurses to earn a master’s degree within 10 years of receiving first nursing license. This will promote quality of care and enhance patient safety.
The scope of practice laws in each state are the rules that govern the actions licensed health-care professionals can execute. Removing the scope-of-practice barriers, according to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academics (2010), would allow qualified professional nurses to practice to their capacity of the training and education they have received. Recommendations are made for changes to the health care system and nursing education. In order for this to work many actions need to happen. They need to broaden the role of advance professional nurses to lower the cost of health care and enrich the nursing profession. This recommendation was deemed