Question

What major changes in the the health care system are occurring that call for an immediate response from nursing education for curriculum revision? Do these changes take into account the future? How would you go about revising the curriculum in a timely fashion?

Answer 1

Change is the only thing which is a constant. There are pretty lot of changes happening in healthcare due to information technology and plenty of evolving new diseases. Moreover as the technology advances the treatment modalities also improves and needs change. Nurses role expands to meet the changing health needs. Advanced education related to critical care , cardiac care, respiratory care, maternal & child health care are needed. Evidence based practice care is also should be made mandatory for a nurse .

When advance care practice is provided to nurses it enable them to act independently with other healthcare professionals and to promote a good relationship with physicians.

Before the nurses were documenting in papers, at present in computers and in future may be using some type of voice recorders .

Changing patterns of disease during the last five years is expecting the revision of curriculum in a timely fashion.