Purpose
The purpose of this discussion is for learners to consider one 21st-century person or event that significantly impacted nursing and healthcare.
Course Outcomes
This discussion enables the student to meet the following course outcome:
- CO 3: Identify persons and events in nursing history impacting evidence-based practice from the 20th century and 21st century. (PO8)
Due Date
During the assigned week (Sunday, the start of the assigned week, through Sunday the end of the assigned week):
- Posts in the discussion at least two times, and
- Posts in the discussion on two different days
Total Points Possible: 50 points
Preparing the Discussion
- Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students and students and their peers. In discussions, students:
- Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week
- Integrate outside scholarly sources when required
- Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates and/or instructor
- Express opinions clearly and logically in a professional manner
- Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.
- Best Practices include:
- Participation early in the week is encouraged to stimulate meaningful discussion among classmates and instructor.
- Enter the discussion often during the week to read and learn from posts.
- Select different classmates for your reply each week.
Discussion
Select one person or event in 21st-century nursing that had the greatest impact on evidence in professional nursing practice. Explain your choice and the impact on healthcare.
Grading
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SAMPLE SOLUTION
While there have been many persons and events that make an impact in 21st century nursing my choice is the fentanyl crisis. Having a critical care background, I remember having patients on fentanyl drips in ICU for sedation while intubated. This is a vast comparison where Fentanyl is a highly accessible drug that can be used on the street. A few years ago, few lay people knew what Narcan was and now it is common to find in vending machines, passed out at health fairs, or at schools. Fentanyl, “which is often called the deadliest drug” according to the CDC (Al-Rawi, A., 2019). It is defined as a, “synthetic, short-acting opioid with 50–100 times the potency of morphine” (Al-Rawi, A., 2019).
A very small amount can kill a human whether it be by ingestion or by touch. Between the years of 2013 and 2014 the amount of people who died due to fentanyl overdose rose 426%. The crisis is compounded by social media popularity that brings easy access to the drug, and distributors are difficult to locate for prosecution Al-Rawi, A., 2019). Drug abuse can occur in anyone, as in our readings we had a story of a labor and delivery nurse who became addicted to opiated due to the stressors of her professional and personal career (Judd, D., 2013). Nurses are not only treating overdose victims but are also involved in education of the deadly consequences of the drug. Much is being done by the government to provide care and education on the fentanyl crisis. It is through evidenced based practices that changes can come quickly to combat a problem occurring in the public and affecting so many.
References:
Al-Rawi, A. (2019). The fentanyl crisis & the dark side of social media. Telematics and Informatics, 45, 101280-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2019.101280Links to an external site.
Judd, D. (2013). A History of American Nursing (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. https://ambassadored.vitalsource.com/books/9781284044324Links to an external site.