Overview
This assignment addresses the following objectives:
- Discuss the culture and environment of healthcare that will affect future advancements in nursing practice.
- Evaluate caring, compassionate, culturally competent, and evidence-based practices in the roles of the nurse using the nursing process to provide patient-centered care in a variety of healthcare settings.
Assignment Instructions
Write a 3-4 page scholarly paper (excluding title and reference pages) exploring the future of healthcare and its implications for advanced nursing practice roles. Please use correct APA formatting for APA Student Title Page, Body of Paper and Reference Page and do not write in first person. A scholarly paper template is provided below for optional use.
Include the following sections in your paper:
- Introduction Paragraph: Begin with an introduction paragraph featuring a compelling statistic, introduction of topic, and conclude with a clear purpose statement (Level 1 Heading: Do NOT use the word “Introduction” as the Level 1 Heading; instead, use the exact Title of the Paper from your title page as the Level 1 Heading for your introduction paragraph).
- Future Landscape of Healthcare (Level 1 Heading): Provide an overview of the future landscape of healthcare in general.
- Future Impact of Healthcare Costs (Level 1 Heading): Discuss the effect of rising healthcare costs on the industry.
- Future Impact of Diverse Patient Populations (Level 1 Heading): Analyze how increasingly diverse patient populations will impact healthcare.
- Future Impact of Nursing Shortages (Level 1 Heading): Examine the consequences of nursing shortages on healthcare delivery.
- Future Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice Roles (Level 1 Heading): Based on the previous sections, discuss the future advanced nursing practice roles of nurse leader, educator, and practitioner, and how their practices might evolve in response to the discussed issues.
- Conclusion (Level 1 Heading): Summarize the key points of the paper and either ‘restate’ or ‘rephrase’ the purpose statement as part of the summary.
- References (Level 1 Heading): Create a separate reference page. Support content with a minimum of 3 scholarly and current (within 5 years) references in APA format.