Grand Canyon University

Grand Canyon University
Reflection Paper
Suneeta Sharma
As is evidence of the various interventions by the government to make changes in the health care sector, one of the most appreciated efforts relates to the nursing recommendations. The refinement of the Medicaid has had some rough patches, but the recommendations have not received as much criticism. In the past, nurses have always learned their skills through trial and error (Thefutureofnursing.org, 2014). This is a method that has cost the country gross loss of life and incompetence from the nursing fraternity (Wood, 2014). However, the situation is slowly changing as most of the registered nurses in the country have their degrees, at the tune of around 45% of all practicing nurses.
Thesis Statement: the health sector is set to experience changes especially with the more nurses taking the initiative to sharpen their skills through continuous academic achievement
In the year 2010 in October, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report that coined the future of nursing: leading change advancing health (Nursingcenter.com, 2014). The major initiative which began in 2008 brought attention to eight recommendations that the nursing fraternity should stick by to improve health delivery in the country.
As a nurse, I have always had the passion of becoming the best I can with sharp skills that allow me to offer health care services of the highest quality to my patients. As such, it is also in my knowledge that to be the best nurse, I would have to constantly sharpen my skills through education. This means that I plan to continue learning throughout my career (Crowley, 2014).
At the moment, I am taking a degree in nursing and plant to advance in the future. According to the fourth recommendation, the population of registered nurses with baccalaureate degree should be increased to more than 80% by the year 2020. Given that I am already taking a degr...