 Advancing the Nursing Profession through InnovationTiffany F. Kelley A chapter in Nursing - Trends and Developments from IntechOpen Abstract: To innovate is to bring forward positive change for a population of people who are affected by a pervasive unmet need. In nursing and healthcare, new innovations must address how to advance quality outcomes. These advancements can be through one or more of the six domains of quality (e.g., safe, efficient, effective, equitable, timely, and patient-centered). Nursing history is rich with innovation efforts to advance the profession. Nursing has recently experienced a new resurgence of focus on innovation through academics, practice, research, and scholarship. Nursing must continue to evolve and meet the contemporary needs of our peers and the people which we serve. Embracing the power of innovation as a profession can help us address the many pervasive unmet nursing and healthcare needs across the globe. This chapter will aim to: Define innovation, nursing, and healthcare innovation 1. Describe aspects of nursing innovation throughout history 2. Describe the role of quality as an outcome measure for innovation efforts 3. Examine how innovation can be a focal point in academics, practice, research, scholarship, and policy 4. Critique the risk of not embracing innovation in nursing and healthcare for the future. Keywords: nursing; innovation; future of nursing; nursing advancements; innovations in healthcare (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ito:pchaps:292163 DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.110704 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from IntechOpen |
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