A nurse is presenting at an interdisciplinary meeting about the multiple external forces that are influencing nursing today. Which examples should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
a. Health care reform
b. Threat of bioterrorism
c. Population demographics
d. Role of nurse manager
e. Nursing shortage
A, B, C, E
Multiple external forces affect nursing today, including health care reform, demographic changes of the population, increasing numbers of medically underserved, need for emergency preparedness, threat of bioterrorism, workplace issues, and the nursing shortage. Role of nurse manager is not an external force affecting nursing, but is one role of the registered nurse.
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