What's it gonna take for nursing to become what it should be, which is providing nursing care from a nursing and medicinal, and holistic model to achieve the best patient outcome instead of a retail-esque "the customer is always right" and if "we don't score 99 on this arbitrary survey, then you'll be penalized or terminated despite giving excellent medical, holistic and nursing care."
What has to happen so that nursing has defined boundaries and limitations? When will we be able to say "I don't have to take the trash out, that's housekeeping's job," "I don't have to start the nebulizer treatment, that's the RRT's job,"I don't have to do [something outside of my job description], that's [person is is designated to do that]'s job," etc...?
Will the accountability without authority model ever be changed?
When will management, other nurses and administration advocate their employees and protect them at all costs, so that other disciplines don't **** all over nursing? I mean why would you cut the Achilles tendon on the people you have to work with and maintain professional relationships with? What would doing that do for you?
When will nurses be placed in the same cohorts as doctors, lawyers, and businessmen minus APN's?
I mean eventually something has to happen right? How can a profession even manage to survive with conditions like these? I feel as though the nursing profession is gonna be redefined by outside forces and we can do nothing about it or there will be a massive reform that'll take many years to even begin to materialize in the healthcare setting. I mean people can talk about what should be done, but until any action is taken, it's pointless.
