IOM Report: Recommendations for the Future of Nursing

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IOM REPORT 2
IOM Report
Introduction
In 2010, the Institute of Medicine came up with an extensive report detailing various
recommendations which pinpoint progressive planning for the nursing future. The report was a
response to challenges facing nursing and offered solutions to the speedily dynamic and
changing model of healthcare. The nursing profession is one of the largest segments of the
healthcare system in the united states of America and having a higher educated, and well-trained
nurse is expected for patient outcomes as well as patient care. In the report, it is expected that
nurses should always maintain leadership roles as well as become vital healthcare policymakers
to reduce costs. The IOM report states that the way and nurses were trained and educated in the
early 20th century is not applicable in the current evolving healthcare setting especially in the
United States of America. The needs for the patients are constantly evolving along with the care
settings. In this paper, I will analyze recommendations of IOM report and state how I will align
myself to those recommendations.
Recommendation number four; Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate
degree to 80% by 2020
The promotion of nurse’s pursuit of a doctor of philosophy degree and doctor of nursing
is done through expansion programs and offering incentives. To achieve this recommendation, I
will make sure that I pursue a baccalaureate degree in nursing. Before I become a registered
nurse, I will work under a qualified and professional nurse who will train me on how to
undertake nursing practices like a person-centered care model (Bugel, 2018).
Recommendation five; doubling the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020