IOM Future of Nursing
The Robert Wood Foundation and the IOM formed a coalition in 2008. One of its core objectives was to monitor nursing profession changes (RWJF, 2016). The purpose of the report was to form a plan for nursing growth and development in the medical field. The report was also a reflection of the constant changes in the nursing field. These changes were acknowledged by the American Nursing Association (ANA). As a result of this acknowledgment, associations under the ANA became part of the various activities that would also assist in steering the growth and development of the nursing field.
Further, the Campaign for action was launched to assist the nurses and other medical professionals in attaining the objectives of IOM. The Campaign for Action is being spearheaded by collaboration between the National Medicine Academy and the Campaign (Campaign for Action, n.d). The Campaign hopes to lead the nursing field forward the path that the Robert Wood Foundation set for American advancement.
Influence of State-Based Action and IOM-Report coalition
Nursing Practice
One of the expectations of being a nurse is to cover a broad field of expertise and skills regarding health enhancement, care coordination, and disease prevention. Nurses are also expected to provide a cure if possible (Butcher et al., 2018). This may seem sufficient in fulfilling the current American population needs. Nonetheless, challenges may arise since the American populace is highly diverse. Thus, this mandates that health professionals advance their education in sectors such as patient-oriented medical interventions.
Nursing education
The report has distinct objectives that it hopes to achieve to acquire the desired advancement in the nursing field. Some of its goals include encouraging nurses to be part of the residency programs, and a higher percentage of the student body to have attained a degree in nursing by 2020 (Campaign for Action, n.d). The report also encourages various institutes to offer an environment where nurses can obtain constant education. These objectives should be attained so that nurses can have an equal working environment like other medical professionals since it is crucial for the nurses to work collaboratively with each other in the continually evolving patient care field.
Development of the nursing workforce
Nurses are the largest providers in the medical profession. The nurses’ work quality says a lot about the capability of institutions’ in ensuring efficient and quality care services. Thousands of potential applicants are projected for the registered nurse position by 2022. One of the qualifications that will be required of the aspiring registered nurses is high skills and their readiness to face the augmenting concerns of an aging populace. Thus, nurses must acquire more skills in long-term care and acute care settings that will consequently lead to the numerous grant programs’ formations. A case in point is the National Nurse Service Corps.
The IOM Report formation
The IOM reports focus on the significance of more nurses obtaining a doctorate and baccalaureate degree level regarding nursing education. A BSN degree enhances patient outcomes. Additionally, doctorate-level improves the abilities of nurses in research, which is critical in novel knowledge growth in nursing. Consequently, this helps in the teaching of new nurses on practical patient care strategies. The development of the nursing workforce is another facet emphasized on the report. It encompasses coming up with prospects for nursing professionals to enhance their qualification through education, augment cooperation with other professionals of healthcare, and for constant learning. The strategies the IOM highlights aid in the improvement of job fulfillment, competence, and skills of the nursing workers. Further, according to Pittman & Forrest (2015), nurses’ workforce development is fundamental to aid in reducing high nurse turnover rates and nurse shortage in the nursing career.
State-based action coalitions
State-based action coalition spearheaded by nurses and other stakeholders instigate change locally by aiming to change health care through the profession and the development of healthier communities. Other partners include consumers and other leaders across the nation. Further, these coalitions work in collaboration with the Campaign to employ the IOM recommendations. The Campaign for Action is operating at every stage to ensure building and sustaining of the essential changes to enhance healthcare for all citizens in the United States (Polansky et al., 2017). The Campaign focuses explicitly on the implementation of the IOM report recommendations with a stress on reinforcing nurse training and education. It also focuses on enabling nursing professionals practice to their maximum potential regarding training and education and also enhancing inter-professional collaboration among healthcare specialists to ensure enhanced and coordinated patient care. The recommendation also involves expanding the ranks of leadership to ensure the nursing professionals are also involved in the management of teams during policy, and boardroom debates. Lastly, it focuses on the improvement of data assemblage of the healthcare workforce to enhance project and monitors the requirements of the workforce.
State Initiatives
All American states must employ the approaches that the IOM report highlights, focusing on changing the nursing future and enhancing healthcare in jurisdiction areas through the state-based coalitions. A case in point is the Californian States Action Coalition. The state has introduced various initiatives to progress the nursing profession’s future (Hassmiller & Reinhard, 2019). The two significant initiatives comprise augmenting the number of nursing professionals with a nursing degree in the state and eliminating the practice barriers’ scope. Subsequently, there have been positive outcomes of nursing who a qualification of BSN and above.
A qualification in BSN also improves the nurses’ ability to make decisions, subsequently resulting in enhanced patient outcomes and consequent nursing profession improvement. Regarding the eradication of practice obstacles’ scope, the California action coalition is dedicated to ensuring that these professionals possess adequate empowerment to facilitate nursing practice to the their maximum training and education level (California Action, n.d). The initiative improves the nursing field by making it possible for nurses to put into practice diverse skills that guarantee enhanced care access to all American citizens. The initiative also progresses the profession of nursing by making sure that all individuals in the state can access the services of health care.
The existing barrier to nursing field advancement in California is inadequate funds for nursing learners that are keen to pursue a nursing degree and high education levels. Therefore, nursing training institutions must collaborate with both public and private partners to offer nursing students cheap affordable loans. Subsequently, this will help in overcoming the financing challenge.
References
Butcher, H. K., Bulechek, G. M., Dochterman, J. M. M., & Wagner, C. M. (2018). Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC)-E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences.
California Action. (n.d). Coalition Action Coalition. Retrieved from: https://campaignforaction.org/state/california/
Campaign for Action. (n.d). Future of Nursing. Retrieved from: https://campaignforaction.org/about/our-story/
Hassmiller, S. B., & Reinhard, S. (2019). The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP Story:: How Our Partnership Advanced the Future of Nursing. Nurse Leader, 17(5), 399-403.
RWJF. (2016). Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. Retrieved from: https://www.rwjf.org/en/how-we-work/grants-explorer/featured-programs/future-of-nursing–campaign-for-action.html
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Polansky, P., Gorski, M. S., Green, A., Perez, G. A., & Wise, R. P. (2017). Nurses leading change to advance health. Nursing Outlook, 65(6), 746-752.