Challenges facing the future of nursing profession
The nursing profession faces a lot of challenges that affect the delivery of care to the people in the present and during the future. The future of the nursing profession lies on the ability of nurses to practice self-care and get ready for many changes taking place in the world today. Caring for the profession poses a great threat for nurses across the globe. According to Black & Chittty (2014), the main challenges facing the future of the nursing profession are caring for the profession, developing and implementing effective health, lack of a balanced system that emphasizes on community-based and preventive services, and environmental challenges.
Challenges with the greatest impact on the nursing career
Challenges facing the future of the nursing profession have different levels of impact depending on their weight and solving capacity. The two challenges posing the greatest impact on the nursing career are caring for the profession and environmental challenges. Every nurse has the duty of safeguarding his or her career by practicing strategies that help overcome many threats and challenges facing the profession of nursing. The world keeps changing and so do the nursing career. Taking care of the profession entails implementing self-care processes such as advancing the education to prepare for future health problems, promoting civility, and protecting the image of nursing. Advancement in nursing education plays a critical role in overcoming future nursing challenges through the establishment of evidence-based practices capable of withstanding emerging health problems. Additionally, knowledge translation in the practice of nursing requires more attention to increasing uptake of new research evidence for future use (Black, Balneaves, Garossino, et al., 2015).
Secondly, the environment introduces a major challenge to the nursing career. The natural environment contributes to the emergence of new diseases and illnesses that affect the functionality of nurses. Providing quality health to the increasing number of people becomes a challenge for the profession lower nurse-patient ratio, limited health care facilities, and other economic, political, and social factors available in the natural environment (Black & Chitty, 2014).
Challenges most easily addressed by nurses
Professional nurses dedicate their time, resources, and expertise to address two main challenges that affect their future careers. First, nurses fight for the provision of effective health care policies. Nurses call upon legislators to develop laws that promote safety, effectiveness, equitability, and patient-centered care because they represent the future of nursing. Second, the profession of nursing continues to face significant challenges brought about by technologies and innovations. Nurses have addressed the issue by promoting community-based systems that emphasize on care and preventive services rather than expensive technology-driven services (Black & Chitty, 2014).
References
Black, A. T., Balneaves, L. G., Garossino, C., Puyat, J. H., & Qian, H. (2015). Promoting
Evidence-Based Practice Through a Research Training Program for Point-of-Care Clinicians. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 45(1), 14–20.
Black, B. P., & Chitty, K. K. (2014). Professional nursing: Concepts & challenges. St. Louis,
Mo: Elsevier.
