Advanced Nursing Practice Roles Analyze the essential roles of the APN including educator, researcher, expert, consultant, leader, and change agent. Explain the functions of each role. Which role do you see as the most important and why? Educator APNs play the role of educators. Being educators in the nursing practice, they are held to high standards professionally and ought to satisfy these qualifications. As educators, they show their competencies in education, research and

Nursing Health Care Informatics "…At the beginning of the 21st century, nursing informatics has become a part of our professional activities…[and has] advanced the field of nursing by bridging the gap from nursing as an art to nursing as a science…" (Saba, 2001, 177). Nursing Health Care informatics relate to and address technology and other cutting edge issues of great interest in the healthcare field. According to the AMIA, Nursing Informatics is

Nurse Jobs Increase the proportion of nurses with baccalaureate degrees to 80% by 2020 By increasing the proportion of nurses with advanced degrees, health care firms can hire skilled workers at a lower cost. In has been proven that workers are, in many instances, the highest cost insured by businesses. By increasing the level of baccalaureate degrees for nurses to 80%, competition is enhanced significantly. This competition ultimately will lower labor costs

Tailoring employment approaches to this group is significant to their continued retention. A lot of the literature suggests that older, more knowledgeable nurses are more likely to expand their work life when the following conditions are present: Supportive and flexible work arrangements and practices like modified workloads, flexible scheduling options and a reduction in hours of work. An organizational culture that encourages participation in decision-making and independence over practice. Work recognition, support and

IOM Report The impact of the IOM report on nursing education. The IOM report had an impact on nursing education by transforming the focus. This is occurring by concentrating on a number of different areas to include: basic standards and continuing education. The combination of these elements is changing the nurses' role (based upon needs of stakeholders). ("A Summary of the February 2010 Forum," 2010) Altering the basic standards is when there is

Nurse Patient Ratios and Quality of Care This study reviews the broad level of issues that surround the nurse/patient ratio: a critical shortage of trained and experienced nurses; increased political and fiscal demands from all sectors of society; rising costs internally and externally combined with a rising number of under-insured; and the conundrum of nursing ethics and the ability to foster excellence in care and patient advocacy. We note that there