Futuristic Nursing
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FUTURISTIC NURSING
INTRODUCTION
Nurses should be concerned about future directions for nursing. As the twenty-first century approaches, opportunities abound to facilitate movement toward the goal of full professional status. Whether nursing will have a bright, new professional image depends on how conscientious and industrious nurses are in their efforts to achieve professionalism. If nursing is to fulfill its social mandate for providing optimum health care for society, then nurse should be responsible and committed to this endeavor. In order for nursing to become a recognized, scientific profession dynamic action is required, especially on the part of those referred to as professionals.
CLASSIFICATION OF FUTURISTIC NURSING
uturistic nursing can be classified in terms of nursing education, practice, research, administration, and an amalgamation of all the four components which might occur in the years to come. NURSING EDUCATION Nursing education has moved ahead from what it was in the beginning to what it is !."c, #c !"c,$"c,#h% and the post doctoral programmes.&here are numerous websites that give the number of 'niversities, nursing colleges and programmes in India. It has become mandatory to update oneself to be in a position to complete in a country of numerous oppertunites and to (eep abreast with the changes in education and technology. NURSING SERVICE It has provided leadership opportunities and these have to be chanelised appropriately to get the things done for the benefit of the patient and provide quality health care ie affordable by the patient with the advent of specialist. Nurses as pain control nurse ,infection control nurse ,s(in care nurse and diabetic educator nurse have a wide range of e)panded roles. &his also involves proper use the nurses time in providing health care services rather than being caught up in the web of loo(ing into only the environmental factors of the agency.
NURSING ADMINISTRATION It involves ma(ing policies and promoting the betterment of health care by being a member of the committee within the organization and also interacting with other organizations to bring out positive changes. #roper *ob description and *ob satisfaction will ma(e the wor( of a nurse easier and for other health care professionals to (now what to e)pect from the nurse.
NURSING RESEARCH Nursing research with its small beginning now has moved a long way in which nursing research is being done as a small pro*ect in the !"c nursing and a lot of individualized research activity is being carried out at the master level. Institutional researcher and collaborative research have also been started on a small scale but the findings of the research has to be disseminated and put into practice with the permission of the organization.
CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE #lacement in terms of education or e)perience both to be given their due importance. +vercoming the concept of ,A Nurse is a nurse is a-... / identifying resources and appro)imately demonstrating competencies. 'niformity of entrance into education and service to overcome discrepancies. #lacement , position and promotion based on the capacity, education and s(ills and efficiency. 0esearch dissemination and application with due importance to the findings rather than to the methodology. 1oint research, sponsorship, institutional research with co-operational among the members. Increase in Indian authors and publications of nursing literature to be encouraged. &here are numerous challenges facing nursing from both within and outside and as a member of this group. It becomes nurses duty to ta(e up the relay in launching nursing further ahead with the right fuel of efficiency, co-operation, evidence based practice in order to meet the changing needs of the society, health care, private and public players, economy and the government.
A MODEL FOR FUTURISTIC NURSING
#rofessional +rganizations Nursing 0esearch • Individual • Institutional • 2ollaborative • %issemination And Application 3 IN2 3&NAI 3"tate 0egistration council 3Institutional Administration
+ther groups • Institutional • Nursing groups with common interest.
Nursing Administration • #lacement • #osition • #romotion • #ay scales • 2ommittes • 0eviews
QUALITY ORIENTED Nursing 4ducation EDUCATION & • 'p grading of HOLISTIC HEALTH school of nursing to CARE 2ollege of nursing. • "hort term programmes for Nursing "ervices diploma to !"c5N6 • Institutional • $"c5N6 involvement in specialization primary health care. • #h%, #ost doctoral. • 1ob description and *ob specification • "pecialization services
NURSING’S CHANGING HEALTH CARE ROLE As nursing7s transition from an illness-care orientation to health promotion and health maintenance increases, and as future health needs begin to surface, new perceptives are need. • • • • • • • • A changing health care role requires that nursing meet its societal responsibilities by orienting nurses to their evolving health care role. As identified in the definition of nursing addressed in the ANA7" socital policy statement of human resources to actual or potential health problems. +nce nurse accept this social mission, they should be able to articulate what contributions nursing ma(es to the health care of individual7s, regardless of their health state. &o assume responsibility for assessing the health status of people within society will require a greater nursing (nowledge and more s(illful nursing practice than previously processed by practicing nurse. &he challenge to nurses will be to translate nursing7s specific (nowledge base in to innovative ways to provide nursing care in promoting and maintaining health. "pecialization in nursing will undergo many changes, as new speciality areas are developed from nursing diagnostic classifications, such as an)iety, pain, oncological, burn chronicity, cardiovascular and respiratory categories. &he increases of chronic illness and an aging population will lead to greater involvement of future professional nurses in long-term care of the elderly in various stages of health. Nurses will care for clients in their homes, ambulatory health clinics, nursing homes, hospitals, day care, wellness centers and other e)tended care facilities.
IMPACT OF NURSING RESEARCH ON FUTURE NURSING PRACTICE Nursing research is essential to produce a specific theoretical (nowledge base that professional nurses can use to provide quality nursing care for individuals with critical or chronic illness or for people see(ing health promotion and health maintenance services. +ver the ne)t two decades, nursing research will increase their efforts to apply research will increase their efforts to apply research findings to nursing practice .As nurse researchers and nurse clinicians interact and collaborate with one another, research findings will be utilized and nursing practice will be greatly improved.
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EFFECTS OF COMPUTERIZED TECHONOLOGY ON NURSING’S FUTURE o 2omputer terminals located in nursing units in hospitals are revolutionizing nursing functions and reducing the time needed to order medications and
supplies from pharmacy, to transcribe and implement medical regimens, and as mentioned previously, to develop and use computerized care plans. o 2omputer located in patient units in hospitals are providing easy access for care givers in decision-ma(ing and in acquiring more effective communication. o 2omputer networ(ing for nurse administrators can save time, with interoffice memoranda computerized and transmitted to other officers with in hospitals or university campuses and transmitted to other offices, thus providing the capability for receiving feedbac( in far less time than in previous systems. EDUCATION OF FUTURE PRACTITIONERS FOR A CHANGING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 8 Nurse educators responsible for preparing tomorrow7s nurses for professional nursing practice must prepare them for a future that can only be vaguely envisioned in this present decade. 8 #rofessional nurses are assuming more comple) responsibilities for health care than ever before. 8 &he burden on nurse educators to predict health care needs and to prepare nurses for a world of nursing vastly different from that of the present period challenges them to be ris( ta(ers and leaders if they are to move nursing forward with vision and confidence. CONCLUSION As health promotion and wellness become a national priority, nursing has begun to confidently enunciate its specific focus and mission. #erspectives on future health care delivery indicate that nursing7s traditional role in hospital nursing will be substantially altered. Now that the public is beginning to see( alternative, noninstitutional settings for health care, the potential for nursing, particularly in community health centers, nursing homes and home health care, far e)ceeds what was envisioned ten or fifteen years ago. BIBLIOGRAPHY "eetha 9a(shmi, uturistic nursing, Nightingale nursing times, volume :,may ;<<=, pp no >?->@. $argaret $. $oloney, professionlization of nursing, published by 1.!. 9ippincott company pp no A<=-A;<.
INTRODUCTION
Nurses should be concerned about future directions for nursing. As the twenty-first century approaches, opportunities abound to facilitate movement toward the goal of full professional status. Whether nursing will have a bright, new professional image depends on how conscientious and industrious nurses are in their efforts to achieve professionalism. If nursing is to fulfill its social mandate for providing optimum health care for society, then nurse should be responsible and committed to this endeavor. In order for nursing to become a recognized, scientific profession dynamic action is required, especially on the part of those referred to as professionals.
CLASSIFICATION OF FUTURISTIC NURSING
uturistic nursing can be classified in terms of nursing education, practice, research, administration, and an amalgamation of all the four components which might occur in the years to come. NURSING EDUCATION Nursing education has moved ahead from what it was in the beginning to what it is !."c, #c !"c,$"c,#h% and the post doctoral programmes.&here are numerous websites that give the number of 'niversities, nursing colleges and programmes in India. It has become mandatory to update oneself to be in a position to complete in a country of numerous oppertunites and to (eep abreast with the changes in education and technology. NURSING SERVICE It has provided leadership opportunities and these have to be chanelised appropriately to get the things done for the benefit of the patient and provide quality health care ie affordable by the patient with the advent of specialist. Nurses as pain control nurse ,infection control nurse ,s(in care nurse and diabetic educator nurse have a wide range of e)panded roles. &his also involves proper use the nurses time in providing health care services rather than being caught up in the web of loo(ing into only the environmental factors of the agency.
NURSING ADMINISTRATION It involves ma(ing policies and promoting the betterment of health care by being a member of the committee within the organization and also interacting with other organizations to bring out positive changes. #roper *ob description and *ob satisfaction will ma(e the wor( of a nurse easier and for other health care professionals to (now what to e)pect from the nurse.
NURSING RESEARCH Nursing research with its small beginning now has moved a long way in which nursing research is being done as a small pro*ect in the !"c nursing and a lot of individualized research activity is being carried out at the master level. Institutional researcher and collaborative research have also been started on a small scale but the findings of the research has to be disseminated and put into practice with the permission of the organization.
CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE #lacement in terms of education or e)perience both to be given their due importance. +vercoming the concept of ,A Nurse is a nurse is a-... / identifying resources and appro)imately demonstrating competencies. 'niformity of entrance into education and service to overcome discrepancies. #lacement , position and promotion based on the capacity, education and s(ills and efficiency. 0esearch dissemination and application with due importance to the findings rather than to the methodology. 1oint research, sponsorship, institutional research with co-operational among the members. Increase in Indian authors and publications of nursing literature to be encouraged. &here are numerous challenges facing nursing from both within and outside and as a member of this group. It becomes nurses duty to ta(e up the relay in launching nursing further ahead with the right fuel of efficiency, co-operation, evidence based practice in order to meet the changing needs of the society, health care, private and public players, economy and the government.
A MODEL FOR FUTURISTIC NURSING
#rofessional +rganizations Nursing 0esearch • Individual • Institutional • 2ollaborative • %issemination And Application 3 IN2 3&NAI 3"tate 0egistration council 3Institutional Administration
+ther groups • Institutional • Nursing groups with common interest.
Nursing Administration • #lacement • #osition • #romotion • #ay scales • 2ommittes • 0eviews
QUALITY ORIENTED Nursing 4ducation EDUCATION & • 'p grading of HOLISTIC HEALTH school of nursing to CARE 2ollege of nursing. • "hort term programmes for Nursing "ervices diploma to !"c5N6 • Institutional • $"c5N6 involvement in specialization primary health care. • #h%, #ost doctoral. • 1ob description and *ob specification • "pecialization services
NURSING’S CHANGING HEALTH CARE ROLE As nursing7s transition from an illness-care orientation to health promotion and health maintenance increases, and as future health needs begin to surface, new perceptives are need. • • • • • • • • A changing health care role requires that nursing meet its societal responsibilities by orienting nurses to their evolving health care role. As identified in the definition of nursing addressed in the ANA7" socital policy statement of human resources to actual or potential health problems. +nce nurse accept this social mission, they should be able to articulate what contributions nursing ma(es to the health care of individual7s, regardless of their health state. &o assume responsibility for assessing the health status of people within society will require a greater nursing (nowledge and more s(illful nursing practice than previously processed by practicing nurse. &he challenge to nurses will be to translate nursing7s specific (nowledge base in to innovative ways to provide nursing care in promoting and maintaining health. "pecialization in nursing will undergo many changes, as new speciality areas are developed from nursing diagnostic classifications, such as an)iety, pain, oncological, burn chronicity, cardiovascular and respiratory categories. &he increases of chronic illness and an aging population will lead to greater involvement of future professional nurses in long-term care of the elderly in various stages of health. Nurses will care for clients in their homes, ambulatory health clinics, nursing homes, hospitals, day care, wellness centers and other e)tended care facilities.
IMPACT OF NURSING RESEARCH ON FUTURE NURSING PRACTICE Nursing research is essential to produce a specific theoretical (nowledge base that professional nurses can use to provide quality nursing care for individuals with critical or chronic illness or for people see(ing health promotion and health maintenance services. +ver the ne)t two decades, nursing research will increase their efforts to apply research will increase their efforts to apply research findings to nursing practice .As nurse researchers and nurse clinicians interact and collaborate with one another, research findings will be utilized and nursing practice will be greatly improved.
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EFFECTS OF COMPUTERIZED TECHONOLOGY ON NURSING’S FUTURE o 2omputer terminals located in nursing units in hospitals are revolutionizing nursing functions and reducing the time needed to order medications and
supplies from pharmacy, to transcribe and implement medical regimens, and as mentioned previously, to develop and use computerized care plans. o 2omputer located in patient units in hospitals are providing easy access for care givers in decision-ma(ing and in acquiring more effective communication. o 2omputer networ(ing for nurse administrators can save time, with interoffice memoranda computerized and transmitted to other officers with in hospitals or university campuses and transmitted to other offices, thus providing the capability for receiving feedbac( in far less time than in previous systems. EDUCATION OF FUTURE PRACTITIONERS FOR A CHANGING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 8 Nurse educators responsible for preparing tomorrow7s nurses for professional nursing practice must prepare them for a future that can only be vaguely envisioned in this present decade. 8 #rofessional nurses are assuming more comple) responsibilities for health care than ever before. 8 &he burden on nurse educators to predict health care needs and to prepare nurses for a world of nursing vastly different from that of the present period challenges them to be ris( ta(ers and leaders if they are to move nursing forward with vision and confidence. CONCLUSION As health promotion and wellness become a national priority, nursing has begun to confidently enunciate its specific focus and mission. #erspectives on future health care delivery indicate that nursing7s traditional role in hospital nursing will be substantially altered. Now that the public is beginning to see( alternative, noninstitutional settings for health care, the potential for nursing, particularly in community health centers, nursing homes and home health care, far e)ceeds what was envisioned ten or fifteen years ago. BIBLIOGRAPHY "eetha 9a(shmi, uturistic nursing, Nightingale nursing times, volume :,may ;<<=, pp no >?->@. $argaret $. $oloney, professionlization of nursing, published by 1.!. 9ippincott company pp no A<=-A;<.
