Future Of Nursing Essay

. Working to my full potential and making positive interactions a priority in my daily nursing life are a must. Nursing shortages are making these simple tasks a challenge almost daily, rushing in order to meet time restrictions and physician’s demands is an hourly occurrence. My assumptions and characteristics are very closely related to these occurrences, I assume that we all strive to become better and evolve daily in order to do so. Our characteristics as professionals will prove that these assumptions are obtainable. As a nurse I try and set an example daily at work, being positive and working hard, making progress and teaching others.
The personal philosophy of nursing is a very complex thing to put into words, it is more of a feeling and intuition about a profession, than it is words or actions. It is having courage, being kind, thinking reasonably under pressure, setting an example, living well, interacting with the environment in order to improve it. Nursing is …show more content…
The articles make us accountable for our education, “nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training.” (Institute Of Medicine [IMO], 2010, p. 2) The article goes on to say also that nurses should achieve higher levels of education in order to provide delivery of safe, patient centered care. Patient needs are becoming more complex and competencies may be in order to maintain adequate knowledge to treat these illnesses. (IMO, 2010) Nurses need to take an active role in redesigning healthcare in the United States, many things are changing and everyone in the health care field needs to work together in order to positively change the system. These ideas are already affecting my nursing as it motivated me to finish what I have started and to put one hundred percent of myself into my education. These ideas challenge me to reach a higher potential than initially envisioned through this