Analysis of the Influence of the IOM Report on Nursing Practice

This report examines the influence of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" on nursing practice. It summarizes the four key messages of the IOM report, emphasizing their significance in shaping nursing education and practice. The report di...Read More

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1) In the year 2008, Institute of medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
(RWJF) had initiated a two-year program in order to fulfil the requirements to evaluate and
convert the nursing occupation. There were four messages that were outlined in the IOM,
which structured the approval in the report. The messages are as follows (Institute of
Medicines, 2019):
 The nurses must exercise and practice their training and education- The IOM report
suggest recommendations to different stakeholders stating that the nurses can exercise
and practice their training and education and they can therefore adopt the best practice
and also incorporate it in their daily clinical practice. They can develop and enhance
their capabilities and skills that is required to deliver quality of care and safety.
 The nurses must attain higher degree of training and education by a developed
education organization that will eventually promote and motivate continuous
academic progression. This will safeguard that the nurse is providing safe and patient-
centred care to the patient.
 The nurse must be in association with the healthcare providers or professionals and
physicians in order to restructure the healthcare setting within United Sates that will
promote the concept of leaders in the nursing profession and will help the nurses to
prepare and motivate themselves with the highly enhanced skills that will aim to
improve the healthcare facility and setting for better advancement in their nursing
profession.
 Policy making and effective workforce scheduling involve better method of data
collection and enhanced information infrastructure.

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2) The IOM report focused on the future and recommendation of nursing by emphasizing on
the establishment of different leadership programs, which will connect the nurse’s capability
and result in changing and advancing the healthcare setting with modern innovation in terms
of professional growth and education. The report requests the interdisciplinary association
and highlights the authoritative for multiplicity within the nursing staff to reflect more
properly on the assortment of United States populace. Therefore, it is evident that IOM report
had a positive impact among the healthcare setting and had provided proper direction and
leadership trait within the nursing practice in healthcare organization (Ryan et al., 2015).
The major benefit and opportunity that the BSN-prepared nurses have is that they
serve for positive and enhanced patient outcomes. According to AACN, it was cited that the
hospital with more number of BSN nurse had resulted in decreased rate of mortality with
reduced number of procedural and medication error. The BSN nurse have an opportunity to
learn and acquire high clinical skills associated with critical thinking, case management,
health promotion and leadership qualities and strategies (Sarver, Cichra & Kline, 2015).
3) Due to developing healthcare system, a profound change in the nursing or clinical practice
will lead towards a positive nursing careers and enhanced patient safety. According to the
2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change,
Advancing Health” stated that the initial objective of nursing education and tutoring is
similar, despite the changes takes place within the healthcare setting and organization (Czaja
et al., 2019). Hence, the nurse should be trained to encounter different types of patients and
identify their skills which will help them in moulding their future generation of the nursing
leaders and provide the students with enhance practice knowledge and skills that will help
them in delivering high quality and safe care to the patients. Hence, it is important that the
nurse must evolve their skills and capabilities in order to fulfil the requirement because the
nurses have to deal with certain chronic disease or condition that require long-term support

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and care and the nurses should be aware of the advanced clinical skills (Arnold & Boggs,
2019).
4) The healthcare professionals are considered as the connection between the patient and they
have a crucial role in caring and assisting the patients with acute illness as they have relevant
knowledge and practice that will allow them to implement their nursing skills and treat the
patient according to their best knowledge. They also serve in maintaining the current exercise
and adopt translating the knowledge into their daily practice (Polan & Taylor, 2019). The
nurses with highly developed professional skills will understand the need of the patient in a
better way and can also identify the strategy that will be helpful in treating the patient through
their lifelong learning skills and experience. Lifelong learning is defined as the notion which
states that learning takes place throughout an individual’s lifetime until their end of career.
Therefore, the nurses develop and enhance their knowledge in nursing practice every day and
promote high level of learning and education. Therefore, it is evident that the professional
development in terms of their knowledge and practice associated with lifelong learning and
experience is beneficial and relevant to manage and treat the diverse population throughout
their lifespan and treat the condition of acute illness or disease (McFarland, & Wehbe-
Alamah, 2017).
5) Nurses play a crucial role in educating and caring for different people irrespective of their
religious background and ethnic origins and assist them in treating and preventing any health
issues or illness. The nurses play a significant role in improving the quality of the treatment
by modifying their vision and ensure that all the necessary resources are present that will aim
to enhance patient care and safety. In the evolving healthcare system, the quality of nursing
care has expanded and requires modified version of treatment plan to handle different kinds
of patient and adopting evidence based practice skills that will enhance the overall patient
care and support. Therefore, the nurses can assist the healthcare organizations in effectively

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managing the patients and they can further upsurge their nursing practice skills associated
with enhanced evidence-based practice. The nurses will focus on the registered-nurse policies
and standard that are set for treating and communicating with the patient and they will ensure
that the patient receives best treatment and care that will yield in high quality of patient care
and treatment (Ginter, Duncan & Swayne, 2018).

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