Week 8 Discussion: AACN BSN Essential VIII and Your Future Practice

Impact of Nursing History in Professional Practice
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Impact of nursing history in professional practice
Nursing history allows nurses to understand the ever-changing concerns such as regulation, unity, autonomy, education as well as remuneration. In reality, nurses cannot adequately address these challenges without a foundation of historical knowledge. In a nutshell, examining history allows nurses to appreciate their critical role in the healthcare system fully.
Knowledge from nursing history is vital in advancing a nurse profession to the interests of the general public. Similarly, it guides new nurses into the profession as well as inspiring diverse forms of critical thinking. In the ever-changing healthcare, an understanding of nursing history helps nurses to participate in the healthcare reforms. In the United States, nursing history provides nurses with valuable outlooks on emerging technology, gender issues, and the transformation of nursing practice (Egenes, 2017).
Nurses play a vital role in the collection, safeguarding, examination, and sharing of nursing history with other health stakeholders. As a nurse, I believe I have a responsibility to integrate nursing history into profes...