Health Care Reform Within Five Professional Competencies

The Institute of Medicine has adapted five professional competencies; these competencies have been developed in order to keep up with the demands that are faced as health care reform transforms the way care is provided. In order to keep up with these demands we must become advance practioners, there by acquiring an advanced level of care. The five professional competencies focus on providing patient center care, this intales the interdiciplinary approach in order to coordinate care with the organization or committes. In doing so, they review problem areas in patient care and formulate an intervention to rectify them. In attempting to rectify problem areas, the use of providing the best treatment is utilized, there by researching these†¦show more content†¦In order to fullfill my healthcare competency in evidence-based practice, the leadership goal that I have formatted is to obtain my certification in wound management. I will begin to work towards attaining my wound certifi cation by discussing my future goal with the Director of Nursing, in hopes to find financial resources and the support needed to complete all requirements. I would like to obtain my certification in wound management by January 30th 2016. One of the resources that will be an excellent guide is the assistance of house doctors. In my current position, I have been able to schedule joint visits with providers in the patient’s home, for assessment and coordination of wound management on the patients we currently serve. Also, our current computerized system for completion of visit note entries has a very detailed wound management field. In persuing wound certification I will be able to acquire more knowledge in wound management, applying the education to wounds on patients who are at risk of developing wounds, have existing complication for non healing wounds and on achieving agency wide goal for improving non- deteriorating wounds. With medicare and medicaid keeping track of wou nds and posting outcomes for the public to review, this will be an asset for my current place of employement.