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Nurses today are authorities on a variety of health problems and care. Family members and friends even seek them out for advice and support, when they are off duty. In office, they have become more and more important in the American healthcare system. This paper briefly discusses the present and future of nursing.
The Present and Future of Nursing
Nurses today are authorities on a variety of health problems and care. Family members and friends even seek them out for advice and support, when they are off duty. In office, they have become more and more important in the American healthcare system.
Nurses are critical to a patient's satisfaction. A positive evaluation of a nurse usually leads to a patient being satisfied with their hospital environment (Gotlieb, 2002).
Not so long ago, nurses were seen as simply assistants to the doctors that they worked for. Today, because of managed care and capitation, nurses have become much more. Currently, "registered nurses constitute the largest group of health care providers in the United States" (Stevenson, 2003). Market-led health reforms have seen the evolution of nurses move from a secondary role...
Because of this, the future of nursing is going to open up even more opportunities for nurses to take the lead in healthcare. As an example, today, hospitals are using Clinical Nurse Specialists to cost-effectively improve patient outcomes (Lyon, 2005).
The demand for knowledgeable and skilled nursing leaders is on the rise (Scoble & Russell, 2003). With managed care systems, the goal is to provide the highest levels of quality healthcare, while minimizing costs. For this reason, managed care has changed the way nurses provide care, and will continue to in the future. "The future of nursing is going to be reshaped by economic pressures, managed care, and market-led health reforms" (as cited in Perla, 2002).
Nurses are going to find that staffing will be designed to maximize nursing time, and increase cost efficiencies. This is because labor costs are one of the largest expenditures an organization faces. In the example of a hospital, labor is approximately 50% of their operating costs (Perla, 2002).
Because of capitation, nurses will begin to find new management and clinical…
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Gotlieb, J. (Oct. 2002). Understanding the effects of nurses on the process by which patients develop hospital satisfaction. Holistic Nursing Practice, 17(1). Retrieved July 6, 2005, from Ovid database.
Lyon, B. (Jan/Feb 2005). Reflecting on 'Getting back on track': Nursing's autonomous scope of practice. Clinical Nurse Specialist, 19(1). Retrieved July 6, 2005, from Ovid database.
Perla, L. (Jul/Aug 2002). The future roles of nurses. Journal for Nurses in Staff Development, 18(4). Retrieved July 6, 2005, from Ovid database.
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