For a class presentation in my Development of Self as a Nurse class, we were required to analyze an article called Toward 2020: Visions for Nursing. I found the predictions to be quite insightful. The authors of the article identify four major trends they believe will be evident in the year 2020.
First of all, the nursing profession will become more culturally diverse. Canadian licensing, standards, and education requirements will become simpler to allow for foreign-educated nurses to have a better transition into the Canadian health care system. Secondly, the article predicts that nurses will be given more responsibility in the future. The physician role will become more specialized, therefore nurses will have to take over general physician duties (such as medication prescribing). Next, it is estimated that most nursing in the future will be community-based. Approximately 75% of the nursing population will practice in the community setting. Lastly, technologic advancements in health care will change the nurse’s job. An increase in the use of artificial intelligence will relieve the amount of physical tasks, thus making more time for emotional care.
Obviously, this is only estimation, as it is impossible to tell what the future has in store. What do you think nursing will be like in 2020?
Source: http://blog.c4more.com/
2 comments:
I think that in the future, nurses will still be in need. Perhaps, confidentiality will be taken more seriously. I know that there have been many cases where nurses have been openly talking about patient records, which I find is absolutely unprofessional. However, I don't think that anything will change drastically in the next few years.
I think that nursing will be very advanced in terms of new technology and its influence on providing competent care. Also, i think that nurses will be able to be more independent when providing care instead of following physician orders for simple tasks.
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