An efficient health care system is one that is both systemically organized and acculturated in multiple functionalities that allow both the patient and the health professional to go about their tasks with integrity. It entails doing the right thing at the right time and at the right place. As a prospective professional nurse, I am expected to demonstrate the attributes of a good leader in order for my efforts to have a beneficial impact in the healthcare industry. To achieve this purpose effectively, a clear understanding of professional nurse roles must be presented. It is critical to have a proper vision that involves the community, addresses a national perspective, and captures a worldwide spectrum. This essay focusses on addressing some of my visions for the healthcare as a future professional nurse. I further explain my role and duties in the industry, identify some of the similarities and differences that my vision for the future health care industry holds to that of the present occurrences and finally analyses the latest trends in the healthcare sector.
Regarding my future visions for the health care as a professional nurse, a breakdown of community, national and global perspective gets undertaken as below
Community Vision
Serving as a professional nurse at a community level, I hold several visions for the healthcare industry. They include being agile in responding to my patients, community and the systems of health care delivery which require change. I will ensure that all the patients get addressed professionally, and their demand met. I am futuristic on delivering seamless nursing care which will conform to the global nursing community due to its superior’s results. I will create a professional practice environment which not only attracts high profession nurses but also retains them.
National Vision
On a national perspective, some of my nursing visions include, Provision of high-quality care and attention to the patients with a significant emphasis on quality and care. I will adopt a procedural working formula of one step at a time. Through this, every patient will get proper health attention. I will engage in creating health awareness as well as enhancing literacy among patients. I will ensure that I understand the experiences that the patients and their families undergo. Such a move will get achieved by ensuring I am availability within the healthcare facility. A conducive environment that makes it possible for patients to take good care of themselves will get created. I will dedicate myself to ensure an improvement of health care literacy gets realized. By doing this, the patients will get to understand their care instructions hence complying with the specific requirements stated on them. In my visions, I will focus on redeeming the image of nurses by making them considered as caring as opposed to the long-held tradition that view nurses individuals who have no time to care.
Global Vision
Some of my global visions as a future health care professional include the cultivation a culture of excellence in the healthcare industry as well as research and education. I will strive to ensure my health facility becomes the regional brand ambassador for innovative care
Roles of a Nurse
Regarding my career as a future professional nurse, some of my roles would include
Caregiver
In the healthcare, nurses are expected to provide assistance to clients and meet their psychological, culture as well as development needs in the most appropriate manner. One involves fully to those patients that seem to be completely dependent and provides partial and supportive educative care to those individuals who seem to be partially dependent. By engaging in these practices, the patients attain the highest level of health standards.
Communicator
Communication plays a significant part in the nursing roles. Establishing a healthy patient-nurse relationship is crucial for proper communication from the patient regarding their experiences and some of the challenges they face (Ensio, Lammintakanen, Härkönen & Kinnunen, 2016). By ensuring the adoption of effective communication models, nurses get well placed in identifying as well as coming up with a proper intervention that leads to the quick recovery of patients.
Teacher
In nursing, it is mandatory for one to provide teaching and enough guidance and health education to the patients as well as the community. However, the nurses need to determine both the learning needs and knowledge level alongside readiness of the clients to accept the health care education necessary for enhancing the wellbeing of patients
Client Advocate
Nurses serve as advocates for the patients. They either represent or defend the actions of their clients (Ensio, Lammintakanen, Härkönen & Kinnunen, 2016). Some individual may be ill and unable to make solid decisions based on their health. In such scenarios, nurses represent patient’s interests by communicating the client’s wishes. It may include the changing of physician and upgrading the room of the patient
Counsellor
Nurses are meant to provide not only intellectual but also emotional and psychological support to their patients. Nurses help the patients recognize the stressful psychological challenges and coming up with an effective interpersonal relationship necessary for the promoting personal growth (Ensio, Lammintakanen, Härkönen & Kinnunen, 2016).
Change Agent
Nurses engaging in the modification of the patients care plan upon assessing the conditions of their client’s health. Such changes only take place in the case that the interventions fail to improve the health of the patient.
Leader
Although not all nurses possess the ability to serve as leaders, they need to assume this role. As a leader, the nurses can engage in as well as guiding the specifics streams responsible for the effectiveness of care within the health facility. They are positioned to not only come up with process improvement strategies but also implement-based practices. Nurses may hold various positions for example wards in charge.
Manager
Management involves planning, organizing coordinating and directing activities that organizations handle. Nurses have the authority to ensure the responsibilities mentioned above get achieved. They are responsible for coming up with goals strategies and proper decisions necessary to enhance the success of the health care (Ensio, Lammintakanen, Härkönen & Kinnunen, 2016). They engage in both supervision and evaluating the performance of subordinates within the health institution. The manager is responsible for proper attainment of individual and community health care concerns. Some hospitals have provision for case managers. These are nurses who provide direct services to their patients. For example, a case manager for a cancer patient is responsible for providing health education, monitoring how effective the care plans are to the patient and monitoring the effectiveness of the outcomes recorded.
Research Consumers
Nursed often engage in research work to bring improvements that result in positive changes in nursing care. Research also expands their knowledge base in nursing thereby making them efficient in their service deliveries.
Similarities with My Vision
Regarding the vision that I have for the future of healthcare, a comparison made with the present occurrences in the industry. It is justifiable that there exist several similarities and differences as shown below
Timely
Time consciousness is one of my visions that I have recently seen getting implemented in the healthcare sector. Long before the advancement of technologies brought mobile apps that help patient’s access medical help, a lot of time was getting wasted in long ques by patients. These lines often resulted in harmful delays for patients. Introduction of these apps has seen time getting managed effectively hence saving lives in emergency situations
Efficient
Regarding service delivery, my vision conforms to the current nursing practices of efficiency. Health facilities have ensured that they come up with measures to minimize wastage for example supplies, energy et al., they have done this y adopting environment-friendly measures such as the use of solar panels to harness energy for hospital use.
Differences with My Vision
Patient-Center
Nurses often get considered as individuals who have limited time on patients due to the bulk responsibilities they get assigned. In my vision, I strive to ensure that I will provide responsive care to patients alongside prioritizing their values. Such action has not gotten effective implementation by nurses in the current healthcare environment.
Ensuring Equity
Several instances of inequality of service deliveries due to ethnicity and socioeconomic status currently gets witnessed in our healthcare institutions. I will ensure that I deliver my services in a manner that meet the interest of all patients uniformly regardless of their age, gender et al. by doing this, I will promote good nurse-client relations necessary for the wellbeing of the patients.
Trends in Nursing
Advancement in technology has brought about digital transformation hence revolutionizing various industries in different ways. Health care too is a beneficiary of the revolution thereby leading to several technological trends in this particular industry. They include
Telemedicine
It has enabled the easy access to medical assistance via smartphone and only requires an internet connection. It has provided freedom to both the health care provider and the patients regarding medical attention regardless of their geographic locations (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). Patients have been relieved of the routine follow-ups and can now confirm with their doctors and nurses for prescription updates as well as checkup services. Telemedicine has gotten used as the most efficient way of managing chronic diseases in the US.
Consumer – Focused Media Plans.
Medical expenditure has in the past risen due to the high adoption rate of health plans among patients and older people. A continuous increase in these expenses would make patients sought options such as trainee professions to help them manage their health spending in the same way as their retirement plans. Health cares have already started providing health finance packages and offer plans such as flyer discounts in a bid to retain their customers.
Biosimilar
The rising prices of traditional drugs as well as in increased demand for good health has seen biosimilar get introduced to the market (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). They are alternative drugs whose origin is from living organism. They are meant to serve as substitutes for traditional drugs. For example, Mvasi which is a biosimilar that was approved for cancer in the US on September 14, 2017.
Low-Cost Healthcare
The budget pressure that is presently being felt by hospitals has led to the introduction of innovative ways of quality health care delivery in the US (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). It involves the adoption of methods such as the construction of bed fewer hospitals. Virtual care centers and forming partnership with reputable retail clinics
In the event of my graduation as a professional nurse, several traits would define me in my career. They include proper communication skills. The skills lead to a positive nurse-client relation hence the well going of my patients. I will develop appropriate problem-solving skills. Through this, I will able to provide the best solution to challenging situations and develop the ability to identify the cause of problems to avoid their reoccurrence in the future. I will be a nurse who is flexible to work and having no specific routine as long as I meet the expected demands of the patients as expected of my profession and ensure a smooth operation in my workplace. By adopting some skills like effective time management and paying attention to details, managing my work environment will get simplified.
References
Cherry, B., & Jacob, S. R. (2016). Contemporary nursing: Issues, trends, & management. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Ensio, A., Lammintakanen, J., Härkönen, M., & Kinnunen, J. (2016). Expanding Roles of Nurses in Finnish Health Care. Nursing in Europe, European Observatory for Health.
