What nursing recommendations are published in the Institute of Medicine (IOM's) report The future of nursing: Leading change, advancing health?
a. Teach, advocate, assess, and nurture.
b. Should have a graduate degree to practice.
c. Diagnose and recommend treatments.
d. Must have continuing education.
ANS: A
Professional nurses teach, advocate, assess, and nurture. The IOM recommends that 80% of nurses have a minimum baccalaureate degree (not graduate degree) by 2020. Physicians diagnose and recommend treatments, and nurses provide the majority of these treatments. Lifelong learning is recommended, and some, not all, states require continuing education.
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