Planning for the future

Issues in Nursing: A Summary of Lessons from Various Scholars

Nursing Administration Article

Oppolo, Lloyd-Busby, Foreman and Richardson (2014) have discussed the changing environment in which nurse leaders operate in as they discharge their sensitive duties. In the article, the authors have documented that the nurse leaders have politically perceptive and be able to adapt to the fast changing conditions and chaotic in their environment of operation. The nurse leaders of the future have to be adept in their decision-making, be able to build effective teams and develop effective networks for collaboration. In this view, I learned that the nurse leader role requires extensive training and mentoring for effective nursing administrators of the current and future generations to be created.

Nursing Education Article

Gorski et al. (2015) have discussed in detail the nature of education required in the training of nurses for them to be able to meet the demands of the population of the country now and in the future. I have learned of the various challenges in the current nursing curriculum, which need to be addressed urgently for there to be more trained and effective nurses to deal with the emerging issues. The article has also helped me understand the need for all registered nurses (RN) to undertake further training and education for them to be effective in their service delivery.

Advanced Practice Nurse Article

Fagerström (2012) has documented the complicated nature of healthcare needs in the modern communities. Unlike in the past, nurses are required to be trained in multiple areas for them to be effective in providing nursing services in an advanced setting. I have learned from the article that the roles and duties of registered nurses globally have changed in a significant manner, which then requires those training to be nurses to be aware of the advanced practice expected of them once their begin offering nursing services as professionals.   

 

 

References

Fagerström, L. (2012). The impact of advanced practice nursing in healthcare: Recipe for developing countries. Annals of neurosciences, 19(1), 1.

 

Gorski, M. S., Gerardi, T., Giddens, J., Meyer, D., & Peters-Lewis, A. (2015). Nursing education transformation. AJN The American Journal of Nursing, 115(4), 53-57.

 

Opollo, J. G., Lloyd-Busby, A., Foreman, K., & Richardson, D. (2014). Nursing administrative officer: Transforming nursing leadership in acute-care hospitals. Nurse Leader, 12(6), 84-90.