Problem
A. What changes have you seen (if you are a practicing nurse) or have you heard about (if you are a nursing student with no practice experience) in clinical nursing practice within the past 2 years? How do these changes impact your ability to provide safe, effective nursing care to patients and families?
B. What areas of professional nursing practice do you see expanding based on current changes to government funding of health care?
C. What has been your personal experience as a patient or family member of a patient with the current changes in hospital care?
D. What changes in professional practice do you foresee occurring as a result of increased governmental influences in health care delivery?
E. What strategies may be helpful for nurses to cope with current and future changes in health care delivery? Design a plan for helping current and future professional nurses. Determine the feasibility of this plan.