Trends WK3-Reflection: Identify your Options in the Job Market

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The 2010 Affordable Care Act assisted in the transformation of the health industry to provide quality, safe, accessible, and patient-oriented healthcare. This meant that there would be an overhaul of the roles of nurses and hence the nursing education. It needed change and improvement before and after nurses acquired their licenses. The IOM recommended that it would increase the number of nurses with a baccalaureate degree and those with doctorate degree by 2010 CITATION Sus10 \l 1033 (Hassmiller, 2010). It would also ensure lifelong training for nurses.
As a student, there are many pathways to receiving an entry-level license to practice. The different educational levels include a baccalaureate degree, diploma, or bachelor’s degree. It means that there is a wider range of competencies in the health sector as well as a greater number of nurses in the market. There is also public and private funders who seek to increase the diversity of researchers and nurses. Evolving health complications and diseases have led to an increased demand for competent nurses who can make critical decisions. These recommendations ensure that a student of nursing is ready for the complexities and has the necessary skills in synthesis and analysis.
Patient care within a health facility grows more complex where there are frailer patients who use sophisticated machines and technology. Other community agencies and clinicians call on nurses, outside the health facilities, to assist patients manage illnesses hence curbing disease progress and acute episodes using technological tools. The recommendation for a lifelong training ensures that institutes equip nurses regularly to meet the demands of the evolving market. A nursing faculty should continually prioritize competencies in the curriculum to ensure s...