Health and Medicare Reflection Paper
In a reflection of 450-600 words, explain how you see yourself fitting into the following IOM Future of Nursing recommendations:
1. Recommendation 4: Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020.
2. Recommendation 5: Double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020.
3. Recommendation 6: Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning.
Identify your options in the job market based on your educational level.
1 How will increasing your level of education affect how you compete in the current job market?
2.How will increasing your level of education affect your role in the future of nursing?
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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Introduction
Kowalski, a medical practitioner (2012) states that the Institute of Medicine in its ambition to map a plan for addressing the issues pertaining to shortages in nursing is in the business of preparing qualified personnel to meet the challenges experienced in the health sector in this era. Various opinions on nurse’s education and training indicate that nurses with advanced levels of education are in better position of excellently performing in their jobs. It is therefore clear that education and training initiatives distinctively shows the quality of care delivered by nurses. By furthering education, nurses understanding on healthcare issues are broadened thus allowing them to grow professionally. As training personnel, this plan gives me a challenge of furthering my studies with the objective of sharpening my skills, eyeing to be relevant to the current issues that face the health segment.
Increasing Nurses with a Baccalaureate Degree to 80% by 2020
According to Kowalski (2012), it should be within the interests of the academic nurse frontiers within institutions that train and equip nurses to collaboratively work together. Through this, an increase in the scope of nurses with the needed experience by 2020 will be addressed. Kowalski states that these frontiers should create partnerships with educational accredited institutions, entities that fund such initiatives, and employers to ensure that adequate resources are pooled to expand baccalaureate programs (2012). He also adds that an enrollment of more students by offering scholarships should also be considered not forgetting the approach to increase the diversity of pupils. This method creates a workforce that is well equipped to meet the growing needs of diverse populations in this era.
Doubling the Number of Nurses with a Doctorate by 2020
Relevant entities in the medical fraternity have an obligation of monitoring the progress of all accredited nursing institutions. This is to ensure that their medical practitioners are enrolled into programs that offer masters and doctorate level education within five years of graduation (Kowalski, 2012). Funding should be broadened to nurses who pursue accelerated graduate degree programs with an objective of increasing their diversity, and in this approach nurses, scientists and researchers are equipped. An increase in remunerations and pack...