Future Scope of Nursing

Questions: 1. Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020? 2. Double the number of nurses with a doctorate by 2020? 3. Ensure that nurses engage in lifelong learning? 4. How will increasing your level of education affect how you compete in the current job market? 5. How will increasing your level of education affect your role in the future of nursing? Answers: 1. The academic nurses need to increase the proportion of the nurses in the nursing school by working together to increase the number of nurses up to 80 percent by 2020. The leaders of the academic nurses must join hand with one other dealing with the public and private academics to meet the need and demand of the nurses in the diverse population. The need of the nurses in the present era is increasing more and to meet the need the percentage of nurses must be increased for the future need as explained by Allen (2012). 2. The nursing school must increase the seats for the students wants to acquire the degree for the doctorate by the year 2020. The private and the national institute must plan to increase the number of doctorate throughout the nation. As with the passes of time more knowledge is required to provide proper treatment to the patients and taking proper care to overcome the health related issues as studied by Smith Crookes (2012). The increasing number of doctorate nurse will help the nation to provide a healthy environment by taking proper care. 3. The nurses need to engage themselves in the lifelong training process for acquiring the knowledge related to the new diseases and the process to overcome the issues and taking care of the patient in an appropriate manner. According to Fitzpatrick Ea (2012) the nurses dealing with the lifelong process has more knowledge and experiences in comparison to the other and thus can provide better services to the patients and can make a healthy environment. The academic administrator should encourage the participant in joining or attaining different programs and seminars that will help in increasing the information and knowledge related to the new disease that attacks the nation. 4. After taking the degree nurse, the individual need to opt for the high-level education or doctorate as that will provide a better impression in the job market. The company hiring a candidate will select those have more education qualification. As stated by Glasgow Prevost (2012) the candidate having high educational qualification can perform better in the job field by providing better work productivity. As the care in the hospitals became more complex therefore the nurses need to make appropriate and critical decision related to the care of the patients and must know the proper uses of the modernized technologies for which high education is required. 5. As the techniques and the equipment in the modernized era have increased thus learning the working process is necessary for the nurses so that handling become easy. In the near future the techniques will become more tough and complicated, thus gaining more knowledge in the present time will help to handle the situation or the working process easily and effectively. The nurses having the higher education will be promoted in the better position in the hospitals in future and this will build the reputation and responsibilities of the individual. According to Fitzpatrick Ea (2012) the higher education in necessary and required in the field of job in the present market scenario. References Allen, J. (2012). The Future of Nursing in Assisted Living. Geriatric Nursing, 33(5), 416-418 Fitzpatrick, J., Ea, E. (2012). 201 careers in nursing. New York, NY: Springer. Glasgow, M., Prevost, S. (2012). New directions in nursing education. Philadelphia, Pa.: Elsevier. Smith, K., Crookes, P. (2012). The Study of Nursing Care project: back to the future for contemporary nursing research?. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 68(11), 2586-2593