Nursing Roles

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Not so many years ago, nurses wore white uniforms and stiff white caps. They gave up their chairs for physicians at the nurse’s station. They cared for patients who stayed in the hospital for days or weeks to recuperate from surgery. They received a technical education, often in a diploma program, and carried out task-based nursing duties. This picture is as antiquated now as today's nursing model will be in 20 years. In this module, you studied the role nursing plays in healthcare delivery. Tasks: Conduct an interview with a nurse manager and discuss today’s nursing roles in the healthcare delivery system compared to roles 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. Include questions in the interview that address the responsibilities of a nurse manager and the role's accountability. Include the interviewee's thoughts on cost containment within the healthcare delivery system. Write a 2- to 3-page interview report. In your report, include the following: •Identification and description of today’s nursing roles in the healthcare delivery system compared to roles 5, 10, 15, and 20 years ago. •Explanation of the responsibilities of a nurse manager. •Description of the accountability associated with nurse manager. •Explanation of the interviewee’s thoughts on cost containment within the healthcare delivery system. Support your findings with examples and scholarly readings or articles .Apply APA 6th ed. standards to citation of sources.

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Nursing Roles

Nurses are essential individuals in the healthcare industry as they undertake many
activities within the healthcare industry in ensuring the health of the patients is paramount.
Today's nurses have different roles compared to some years ago as the evolution of healthcare
education change. The reforms introduced in the nursing industry led to the change of the roles
of nurses, and the roles are not the same as many decades' ago as I found out during the
interview with Dr. Ann who is one of the nurse managers at a local hospital in Manhattan. The
paper provides the report of the interview that I conducted with Dr. Ann concerning the changing
roles of nurses and many other discussions about the healthcare industry.
During the interview, I was able to learn that the roles of nurses today pertain t...


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