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 Volume 17, Issue 2, April 2022, p. 102 
http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/jn.v17i2.35400

Contemporary in Nursing: issues and challenges

 

     

             
 

      

             
 

      

             

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Hema Malini 1,*
1 Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Andalas, Indonesia

              
  

              *Correspondence: Hema Malini. Address: Limau Manis, Pauh District, Padang City, Sumatera Barat 25175 , Indonesia.  
  Email: hemamalini@nrs.unand.ac.id

 The development of technology and modernization in 
health care is currently a demand for nursing 
professionals to embrace and adopt in the context of 
nursing as a profession and nursing education. The 
urgency for nursing professionals to adapt to the current 
situation is inevitable since nurses are part of a 
healthcare service that addresses the needs and 
demands of high-quality care from patients and families.
 As a profession in the era of digitalization, nurses are 
expected to be able to adjust their knowledge and skills 
in using technology in the health services. The 
development of care services continues to shift from 
previously only involving individuals to now involving 
families to realize more optimal health. With the trend of 
high-tech treatment, nurses need to improve their skills 
in optimizing the use of technology in delivering care. 
For example, using social media to provide health 
information for patients and families has improved 
knowledge, skills, and interactions. In addition, using 
social media in health services provides ongoing 
support, and at the same time, health services reach a 
more comprehensive range.
 On the other hand, the massive changes in how 
educational institutions to design learning curricula 
using digital technology are also challenging for nursing 
education institutions. The next generation of nursing is 
needed to have the skills of the industrial revolution 
involving soft skills such as the ability to interact, 
communicate and work with various people such as 
colleagues, clients, and leadership, problem-solving, and 
critical thinking as more a lot of work alongside robots. 
These skills are needed to survive in the era of disruption. 
To produce such a generation of nursing, it will impact 
the demand on how nursing education staff adapt and 
use technology and conduct innovative student-centered 
learning experiences. This situation will force nursing 
educational institutions to take significant steps in 
providing human resources and facilities that will 
support the process of producing high-quality nurses.

However, some discernable obstacles are faced by the 
nursing education system, such as the limited ability of 
resources to keep up with technological developments; 
the high cost and length of nursing education will hinder 
the profession's development because not many 
prospective students are interested in entering the 
nursing faculty. Moreover, the level of welfare of nurses 
that remains to be questioned is not balanced by the 
high cost of education.
 The trend of contemporary issues in nursing is also 
involving how nurses develop science through research. 
Research is a form of nursing development efforts to 
adapt to the times so that the latest concepts and 
technologies in nursing are found. Research cannot be 
separated from nursing problems that are also 
developing. The ability of nurses in terms of knowledge 
and skills to conduct multidisciplinary research is still 
low because the ability of nurses to conduct research 
independently is still lacking.
 The influence of contemporary trends and issues in 
nursing is taunts to challenge the future. Modernization 
is impossible to avoid, so substantial adaptation in this 
disruptive era will impact the future development of 
nursing as a profession and education. How nurses as 
professionals comprise the overall developments around 
them will determine the future of nursing itself.
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