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- Image
- Education
- Advancement in practice
Seven Trends in Nursing - War
- Workforce issues
- Licensure/regulation
- Research
- Mass communication and entertainment
- Popular public perception of nurses' influences:
- How nurses are treated by patients, other healthcare
professionals, and the public
The Image Of Nursing
- How nurses perceive themselves and the profession
- How they treat each other in the workplace
- Nursing is healing
- Medical Model: human experience with illness
- Early nursing education:
- Apprenticeship and observation
- Educated by physicians and nurse supervisors
- Apprenticeship models of education changed as
Early Nursing Education nursing as a science was supported
- Formal methods emerged as result of work of nurse
leaders in Europe and the United States
- Progression of nursing education and additional
degrees
, - Advances in healthcare technology
- Development of new practice approaches/disciplines
to effectively treat healthcare concerns
- Technological advancements:
Advances in Practice - Influence and improve outcomes
- Fast-paced changes to nursing practice
- New practice approaches/disciplines developed over
time to address specific client concerns
E.g, putting nurses in schools
- Evolution of nursing in U.S intricately tied to war
War and Its Effect on E.g., rehab
Nursing - Posed unique challenges and opportunities
- Much of technology is direct result of wartime
- Workforce issues: supply and demand
- Sometimes overabundance more often shortages
Nursing Workforce Issues
- Other issues: men, ethnic minorities, and racial
minorities in nursing
- Certifications and specialty endorsements are
essential component of nursing practice
- Certifications are certified in a specific knowledge
based area
Peds, ER, etc
- Nurse Practice Acts (NPA) define legal boundaries of
Licensure and Regulation
nursing practice based on licensure, regulation, and
certification.
- Licensure/regulation laws
- Set tone for entry into different levels of nursing
practice.
- Ensure accountability of all professional nurses