NR 393 Nursing History Week 8 Discussion From the Past to the Future
NR 393 Nursing History Week 8 Discussion From the Past to the Future
From the Past to the Future
Purpose:
The purpose of this discussion is for learners to analyze lessons from the past that apply to the future.
Education will continue to guide nurses into the next century. In the beginning of what was considered nursing care, care was provided by family members or friends, with no formal education. Care was mainly to offer comfort, and they sometimes used remedies that were passed around from different sources. Then Florence Nightingale came along with discoveries of what we now call evidence-based practices to help with healing. Nightingale brought the nursing profession to light, taught nursing, and opened a school to teach students wishing to become nurses. School curriculums, length of schoolings, and licensure evolved through the years.
Nursing has learned how important education is, as nursing relies on education for every aspect of the profession. As educational information changes, nursing must adapt to the new information to stay up to date in their nursing practice. Caring is a vital part of nursing, however, nurses must have the knowledge for the why, what, when, how, and where, for interventions they apply. Education enables nurses to provide the patient-centered care that each patient needs. According to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies, nurses must possess knowledge, attitudes, and skills. (2016). Nurses learn basic knowledge and skills to start their career and then continue with education at the workplace through peers, continuing education, and advancement in degrees. Nurses should never discourage other nurses from advancing their knowledge and should be willing to share and offer education to their fellow nurses. Nurses must stop eating their young.
Education will always be a part of nursing and that is why it is timeless. “The primary goals of nursing education remain the same: nurses must be prepared to meet diverse patients’ needs; function as leaders; and advance science that benefits patients and the capacity of health professionals to deliver safe, quality patient care” (Institute of Medicine, 2011). Florence Nightingale met these objectives, and this education will take us into the next century. Nurses can never have enough education. Education makes us grow in our daily practices from what was learned in the past, to what we learn in the present, and to prepare nurses for changes in education to learn in the future. Caring and education are the basis for serving our patients.
References
Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2011. 4, Transforming Education. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK209885/Links to an external site.
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies. (2016).
During this course, I have learned a lot about the journey of nursing and how many resources that we still use today, blossomed from nurses from the past. Healthcare is constantly changing and evolving every day and nursing would not be what it is today if it were not for the numerous outstanding nurses of the past. Knowledge about the profession’s past can help us understand how nursing developed and even suggest solutions to problems that face the profession today. Nursing care and judgment are no longer guided by tradition or intuition, but by evidenced-based practice (EBP). EBP integrates the best available evidence to guide nursing care and improve patient outcomes, which helps healthcare professionals address health care questions with an evaluative and qualitative approach. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the baccalaureate program “prepares the graduate nurse to demonstrate an appreciation of the history of and contemporary issues in nursing and their impact on current nursing practice” (AACN, pg. 29). With the knowledge that I have gathered from the lessons in this course, I will encourage my fellow co-workers who are also taking courses towards their BSN to take a nursing history class, to read up on the history and the path of nursing from past to present.
This class has also enlightening regarding the determination of nurses’ past, through derogatory and degrading views, and ending with what we have today which is one of the most respected professions. The deep traditions and values of nursing are best shared through leading by example to our peers and offering education whenever possible. Now more than ever nurses are expected to produce safe, quality care and coverage for all patients in the healthcare system. Judd & Sitzman (2014) discusses nurses should attain higher levels of education and that nurses need to practice utilizing the full extent of their education. Through education, nurses can share their stories with one another, so that we can learn from each other. Teaching is what helped nursing history to change and evolve to what it is today. Teaching is how we pass on knowledge and tradition through our peers and future generations.
I do not really see anything to avoid from the past because How the idea as important as cleanliness to reduce mortality rates started way back by Florence Nightingale and is one of the top notches in today’s Nursing especially during this pandemic we still utilize and use most of the past now in the present and is really helping in our day-to-day.
For myself, I will utilize what I have learned by reviewing more evidence-based practices to continue to educate myself and expand my practice because new knowledge is being developed every day through research studies that supersedes practices utilized presently. Judd & Sitzman wrote, “We have a great opportunity as we step into the future to create the image we desire as we reinforce that nursing is both an art and a science-based on acquired evidence, nursing theory, and evolving research” and with acquiring our bachelor’s degrees, we should be proud to be the nurses we are and our impact on history by the patients we take care for, so they can create a history of their own (Judd & Sitzman, pg. 303). I enjoyed taking this course with all of you and wish you all the best in your careers… go ahead and make some history!
References.
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2008). The essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education-resources/baccessentials08.pdf
Judd, D., & Sitzman, K. (2014). A history of American nursing: Trends and eras (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Course Outcomes:
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcome:
CO4: Analyze the impact of nursing history on professional nursing roles today and in the future. (PO7)
Directions:
Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:
Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week
Integrate scholarly resources
Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates
Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner
Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.
Discussion
What lessons from history have we learned as a profession that will take us into the next century? What can we do to help this happen? What should we avoid?
I like that you mentioned that nurses need to stop eating their young. It is so hard to think about being a nursing student, or a new grad, or being in a new area, and to not have this term heard somewhere in your training – and it is sadly, oh so true! One thing that has always helped me to remind others to be more kind to the “new guys”, is to remember we were ALL new at one point! We have all walked into nursing clinical for the first time and didn’t have a clue what to expect. Humans are meant to continually challenge the brain, to always be looking for new and better ways – and nursing is no different. However, no one can know everything! I like to remind my team that no one was born with a 100% proficiency rating in any job, and while some may be better than others, we are all in this together – taking it day by day, especially right now with Covid. Some may be better at certain procedures than you – that amazing! Use them, but don’t ever abuse or take advantage of someone.
As you mentioned, education is a truly critical part of what we do, who we are. If one generation of nurses is able to really take hold of this saying, and turn around the focus, I truly believe it could make a big difference. In healthcare, things are always changing, adapting, learning with us as we care for people every day. 50 years ago, people didn’t have 10 chronic conditions and acute illness, and hopefully, in 50 more, there can be a better focus on the importance of health and wellness. Education, always looking and learning, willing to change things up for the better. With the increased number of BSN students entering the workforce, I hope that we can express the importance of education, and how much of a difference it really does make!
Really enjoyed your post – thank you!
I completely agree that education will always be a huge part of nursing and I think calling it timeless is a perfect statement. We have come so far from where we were in the beginning of the nursing profession and we always talk about how much has changed even from when we became nurses. Even nursing schools are changing how they teach new nurses to reflect how our jobs are changing. For instance, I know my community college bought new manikins after I graduated to assist with skills that new nurses might be exposed to when they get into the field. We are using our drive for education to do many things including going back to school for more education as well as continuing to research evidence based practice. “For BSN and diploma programs, evidenced-based practice had greater emphasis in 2003 than in 1998, with this trend expected to continue” (Streubert, Jacobson, 2005). Education will always be a huge part of nursing because having educated nurses will allow us to better care for our patients and communities.
Streubert S., Jacobson, L. (2005). TRENDS in Registered Nurse Education Programs 1998-2008. Nursing Education Perspectives.
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Discussion Questions (DQ)
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