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Trends and Issues in Nursing
Trends and Issues in Nursing
Trends and Issues in Nursing
Historical Overview
Evolution of nursing science and practice
Economics of health care
Social policy and health care delivery
Cultural influence on nursing
Legal aspects of nursing
Ethical aspects on nursing
Nursing education
Licensure and related issues in nursing
Introduction:
Nursing has been called the oldest of the art,
and the youngest of the profession. As such, it
has gone through many stages and has been an
integral part of social movements. Nursing has
been involved in the existing culture, shaped by
it and yet beeping to develop it. The trend
analysis and future scenarios provide a basis for
sound decision making through mapping of
possible futures and aiming to create preferred
futures.
Expanding Technology
Computer assistance
New threats to health
Nurses enter private practice
Collegiality among health profession
(Multidisciplinary Team Approach)
Educational preparation: building
toward unity
Changing in Role Image
Unification of practice and
education
Self-governance
Recruitment of the best candidates
Professional judgment
Defining "Care"
Information system / effective communication
Electronic network / computer link
Problem based learning
Marketing \privatization
Nursing standard
Nursing audit
Nursing research
Curative
Specialized care
Medical diagnosis
Discipline stovepipes
Professional identity
Trial and error
Self regulation
Focus on quality
Preventive approaches
Primary health care
Patient emphasis
Programme stovepipes
Team identity
Evidence based practice
Questioning of professions
Focus on costs
IN THE WORKPLACE
High tech
Competition
Need to supervise
Hierarchies
Humanistic
Cooperation
Coaching, mentoring
Decentralized approach
IN NURSING
Continued competencies
Competencies a condition
Hospital environment
Community environment
Quality as excellence
Quality as safe
Clear role
Blurring roles
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