As the nursing profession has expanded through advanced degrees, specialization, and clinical practice, nurses’ salaries and responsibilities also…

As the nursing profession has expanded through advanced degrees, specialization, and clinical practice, nurses’ salaries and responsibilities also have increased. Now, hospitals substitute non-nurses for nurses to perform all but the most technical tasks. Rely on your textbook and other resources to explore this trend. Then, submit a short paper discussing this trend and touch on the following:

• What are the implications for the nursing profession?
• Consider what new policies or financial pressures may have contributed to this shift.
• Have nurses lost their traditional role of hands-on patient care and, if so, is that to their advantage or disadvantage?