A Newly Licensed Nurse Compares the Challenges Facing Nursing Today

A newly licensed nurse compares the challenges facing nursing today with those faced by nurses when her mentor graduated in 1990.The mentor states,"Prevention was the focus of nursing when I graduated.We stressed preventive health measures such as smoking cessation education to reduce preventable diseases and prevention to reduce the spread of infectious disease such as AIDS." The mentor asks,"What do you think the challenges will be for nurses graduating now?" (Select all that apply. )

A) Coordinating care for a more diverse aging population who have complex health values
B) Managing care provided by nurses who are technologically advanced and skilled at interprofessional collaboration
C) Providing care to well-informed consumers who are younger with narrow health values
D) Redesigning nursing care delivery models to streamline care based on fewer generational differences
E) Focusing on care from a systems perspective