The Transformation of Healthcare

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INTRODUCTION
The health care system in America today is poised for major,sweeping changes related to the enactment and implementation of the 2010 Affordable Care Act(IO,2010). As put forth in a report by the IOM titled,The Future Of Nursing:Leading change,Advancing Health,nurses,who comprise the largest portion of our country's healthcare workforce,have the opportunity to play a fundamental and influential role in this transformation while expanding and optimizing their own contributions to healthcare.The report focuses on several key points that would enable nurses to step up to the challenges ahead,specifically by achieving higher levels of education while creating an improved system for advancing skilIs and knowledge,practicing to the maximum extend of their education and training with expanded roles in primary care,and increasing leadership roles by partnering with physicians,other healthcare professionals, and policy makers who will shape the new landscape of healthcare(IOM2010). MLA citation and APA citation,www.antiessays.com
BODY
A number of barriers prevent nurses from being able to respond effectively to rapidly changing healthcare settings and an evolving healthcare system.These barriers need to be overcome to ensure that nurses are well positioned to lead change and advance health.As a result of this the IOM report determined that nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression.It also suggested that the proportion of nurses with bachelor's degree be increased by 2020(IOM2010).
The US health care system was primarily built around treating acute illness and injuries,the predominant health challenges of the early 20th century a...

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...rsonal and professional growth by developing leadership competencies and exercising these competencies across all care settings.(IOM)
CONCLUSION
With more than 3 million members,the nursing profession is the largest segment of the nations's health care workforce.Working on the front lines of patient care,nurses have a direct effect on patient care.Their regular,close proximity to patients and scientific understanding of care processes across the continuum of care give them a unique ability to effect wide reaching changes in the health care system.Nurses must be prepared to meet diverse patients needs;function as leaders;and advance science that benefits patients and the capacity of health professionals to deliver safe,quality patient centered care.If new nurses are to succeed in this complex and evolving health care system,nursing education to be transformed.(IMO).

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