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ASSIGNMENT
ON
FUTURISTIC NURSING
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and service. It exists today has come a long way, withstanding the ups and downs that
social, political, economic religious, cultural, technological changes have put forward.
changes and challenges include both external forces as well as influences from within
the profession as the role of the nurse is further defined. The changes are inevitable
and should be embraced. It is the responsibility of nurses to shape the future rather
than merely react to the shifts in the tide. Nurses will be positioned to appropriately
and are adequately prepared to take an active role in shaping the future of profession.
The change in health care delivery systems has also afforded nurses a wider
roles.
Trends towards downsizing and the current nursing shortage have increased
the use of non-licensed personnel in many healthcare arenas. This will continue to
force the nursing profession to identify, clarify, and communicate its scope of
practice.
ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY
care delivery. The advancements in telemedicine will link clinicians with patients
across great distances. The growth of this technology will change the way nurses
function, and lead to the development of new nursing roles. Electronic medical
will be a thing of the past; x-ray images will be transmitted by computers and saved
on floppy disc for retrieval and reviewing. As consumers become more educated
about health promotion, there will be an elevated demand for alternative and
measures for the terminally ill will lead to elevation in hospice care providers. Care
counseling will be incorporated into health care organizations and nursing education
Working conditions for nurses are also changing. There is a gradual change
towards shorter and more convenient hours of duty, better accommodations and higher
salaries.
must be faced when considering the profession's future. This dissatisfaction was
provide safe patient care. Mee and Robinson (2003) state that "nurses need work
environments with strong professional practice models that value their work and
NURSING SHORTAGE
nurses and advanced practice nurses. This is a particularly important area in times of
nursing shortage to be sure that less qualified health care workers are not used to
substitute for the sake of expedience and reduced costs. At the same time we need to
that we are not holding on to outmoded ideas of the profession but can develop newer
Societies poor, homeless, elderly, substance abuse, AIDS and mentally ill
patients are increased into country. The major question yet to be answered is “How
can we pay for health care for these people and the numbers are expected to be
increased?
The central and state governments are seeking to answer that question. The
next decades will see hospital closing is record numbers, pressures continuing to
mount from business community forcing changes in financial health Care reforms.
This is a time of confusion within health care systems all around the world.
The economic downturn in the global society has impacted on health care. In many
places services have been cut and access to services reduced. In addition, new diseases
such as AIDS, Cancer SARS and the threat of bio-terrorism have entered our lives.
New technologies and treatments occur rapidly, but are often expensive and these
advances can be difficult to finance. Patients are moved out of hospital rapidly, and
those that remain are more acutely ill than they have been in the past. Those
discharged patients often need more assistance at home and in the community than in
previous years, and those services can also be expensive. Nurses are a vital part of the
health care system, but nursing shortages have appeared in many areas,
The nursing profession needs to begin to recognize new trends and patterns in
NURSING PRACTICE
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6. Collaborative, interdisciplinary practice models will come into vogue in all setting.
NURSING EDUCATION
2. Educational pathway for advance practice nurses in clinical practice will become
more distinct.
effective care.
studies.
confirmatory strategies.
CONCLUSION
challenges. The profession must not be complacent but it must become proactive in
shaping its future, otherwise someone else will do it for us. We can say that “The time
is short, resources are scarce, and issues are critical". Nursing must act now in a
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