FIVE-Year PROFESSIONAL PROJECTION
The objective of this study is to located evidence-based research articles in nursing peer-reviewed journals that relate specifically to five-year professional projection and to summarize the articles. Included will be suggestions and applications of each five-year professional projection plan.
Courtney and McCutcheon (2010) report that evidence-based medicine is defined as "The conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decision about the healthcare of patients." (p. 4) It is reported additionally in the work of Courtney and McCutcheon (2010) that Sackett et al. (2000) that evidence-based practice is the practice that "integrates clinical expertise and patient values with the best available research." (p. 4) The use of evidence-based research in this study will include the use of articles in nursing peer-reviewed journals that provides supporting evidence on the five-year professional projection of the nursing professional.
I. Career Pathways in Nursing (Raines and Taglaireni, 2008)
The work of Raines and Taglareni (2008) published in the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing reports "The national dialogue about the nursing shortage has helped to underscore the critical role nurses play in healthcare delivery. First noted in 1998, the current shortfall in the number of nurses needed to provide care in the United States (U.S.) is expected to increase to more than 500,000 by the year 2025 according to the latest projections by workforce analysts." (p. 1) It is stated that enrollment in entry-level nursing programs has witnessed an increase according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the National League for Nursing (NLN). Over the past ten to fifteen years there has been "new and innovative pathways to prepare nurses for increasingly complex,...
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