Leading Nursing Trends
__________initiated the most recent overhaul to the US health care system?
Requiring nurses to increase levels of education to meet the complexity of demands
What was the implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010(Obama Care)
The first hospital based RN education programs offered
What are Diploma programs?
80% BSN prepared nurse workforce by 2020
What is the educational goal stated in the 2010 IOM Future of Nursing Report?
The oldest advanced practice role, responsible for advancing evidence-based practice, improving patient outcomes as well as satisfaction among patients, nurses, hospital staff and the entire health care system.
What is the clinical nurse specialist? (CNS)
The the current population trends influencing health care?
What are the aging baby boomer population, diverse and economically challenged populations
Associate degree programs
What was introduced in the 1950's to teach nurses more technical skills, and offset post WWII nursing shortages.
The first professional nursing organization to propose BSN entry-level requirement for nursing practice, back in 1965
The advanced degree the health care system desperately needs more of to create new knowledge to help increase quality of care for the increasing older adult population.
What is the PhD in nursing- nurse researchers
______ will most likely supply the primary care demands of the future?
Who are PCNP (Primary Care Nurse Practitioners)
Apprenticeship model
What was the teaching strategy utilized by hospitals in their Diploma programs?
The monumental study showing that increasing BSN nurse staffing by 10% was associated with 5% decrease in patient mortality rates
What is the 2003 Aiken et al. study?
Solution to primary care crisis:
More likely than physicians to care for vulnerable populations, including the poor and uninsured, racial minorities, as well as patients on Medicaid and Medicare
Who is the Nurse Practitioner? (PCNPs)
The health care system has shifted from treating acute illnesses and disease to __________
What are health promotion and disease prevention
The ADN and Diploma programs
- Diploma programs are nearly obsolete except for their need in rural areas
What educational programs are inevitably going to be phased out in the future?
The two largest barriers to obtaining a BSN, reported most frequently by nurses
What is time and financial commitment?
__________ Are 4 times more likely than ADN nurses, to pursue graduate level education
What are BSN prepared nurses?