The Evolution of Nursing

Future Perspectives

Purpose:

Nurses work together in many environments. Understanding the roles and responsibilities of each type of graduate nurse will foster cooperative relationships.

Directions:

Select and describe a specialty that has evolved in a different direction from that of advanced practice nursing (e.g., informatics, administration, and health policy; encourage students to identify others as well).

What key differences do you see in this evolution as compared with developed APN specialties?

Describe the future vision and goals each role and relate to emerging healthcare trends and needs.

The paper must be between 5 to 7 pages in length, not including the title and reference list pages. The paper must use proper APA Publication Manual, 6th Edition formatting, including title page, running head, and reference list with properly formatted citations in the body of the paper.