IOM Future of Nursing Recommendations

According to the recommendation 4 of IOM report; The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health; the nurse workforce should be increased with a baccalaureate degree to 80 percent by 2020. In accordance to the recommendation, all the academic nurse leaders throughout the country should work together and associate with the various organizations and people to make the diversified group of nursing students that helps to fulfill the demands of the different people throughout the life. Moreover, different private and government educational bodies, funders and people should be associated to ensure the funding and record the progress of the program (IOM, 2010).

Recommendation 5 focuses on doubling the number of nurses with doctorate degrees by 2020 with aim of achieving the need of research to ensure the quality and safe health care in correspondence to the changing healthcare system. Therefore, with the support of different healthcare organizations and universities, funders and accrediting bodies the schools of nursing should look upon the need of the diversification in nursing faculty and researchers. Also, recommendation 6 mentioned that the nurses, nursing students and faculty should be provided the resources and promotes a culture of lifelong learning to enhance their capabilities that helps them to provide the necessary care for the different people through their lifetime.

Being a nurse, I am very much excited and agree about the recommendations made by IOM about enhancing the nursing education system, achieving increase number of nurses with baccalaureate degrees through a number of different programs and promoting lifelong learning. At the same time, I feel very happy and proud about my decision of enrolling in RN to BSN program. I am going to finish my BSN degree soon and I found myself to be fit in the IOM Future of Nursing recommendations. From the BSN course, I feel myself acquainted with a broad area of healthcare environment including community health settings. This will help to develop my readiness of working in any healthcare settings including primary and preventive care. Also the education regarding the patient safety, policy development, leadership, evolving nursing practice, trends and issues in nursing, faith diversity etc enhances my ability to work more effectively in this changing healthcare environment. Moreover, I am now capable of working collaboratively with other health care provider and manage the care of patients and their families and encourage patients to manage their own chronic conditions.