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Jinhee Nguyen RN, MSN Vice President and Patient Care Executive Adventist Health Glendale I project high demand for ICU nurses in the future. Medical care and treatment modalities are better than ever before, which means greater demand for specialized ICU nurses who can take care of acute patients. Most hospitals are facing chal- lenges with ICU nurse reten- tion as experienced nurses leave the bedside to become nurse practitioners (who are also in high demand). I think nurses of the next decade should be BSN-pre- pared. Nurse leaders know that BSN nurses produce better patient outcomes, safety and quality care. However, until there is a requirement that nurses become BSN-prepared, this shift will take a while. Linda Burnes Bolton RN, DrPH, FAAN Sr. VP for Nursing and CNO Cedars-Sinai On any given day at my insti- tution, I'll have 100 patients who are 90 or older. That's true of most acute care set- tings. Living longer is a good thing, but to ensure that our elderly population is having as healthy a life as possible, we need more nurses who understand geriatric care. We also need more master's- and Ph.D.-prepared nurses whose research can help drive that care. One thing we're doing in this area is deploying nurse practi- tioners to work in nursing homes. Those NPs help to keep patients safe and healthy in the nursing home, which pays off in significant decreas- es in ED visits and hospital admissions for us. Quanna Batiste- Brown RN, DNP, HCSCM, FABC, NEA-BC Chief Nursing Officer, Ambulatory Care UCLA Health There has been a tremendous shift away from the paradigm of treating patients in an inpa- tient setting. Here at UCLA Health over the past year, we've had 40,000 hospital admissions compared to 3.5 million visits to ambulatory care facilities. As technology and safety improves, we will surely see more complex tests and procedures performed in outpatient settings. This shift brings tremendous opportunities and increased need for advanced practice nurses. APRNs also have more opportunities than ever to cre- ate evidence-based solutions to healthcare problems. The state of California is ripe for granting APRNs full practice authority. This would further enhance our ability to care for more patients in our communities. Patricia Stone RN, MSN Vice President and Patient Care Executive Adventist Health White Memorial I believe the next decade will see major transformations in nursing. Advances in medicine will see more care provided outside the hospital setting. As a result, I believe we will see BSN preparation as the entry level for the profession- al nurse. Advanced practice nurses will take on greater roles in leading patient care teams in the acute care setting as well as providing care in the expanded outpatient arena. Healthcare in the future will demand greater interpro- fessional collaboration to maintain and enhance health as opposed to just treating ill- ness once it occurs. Q & A SPECIALTIES AND EDUCATION In the 2020s, what specialties will be in the greatest demand? Will there be increased need for APRNs? Should all nurses be BSN-prepared? Celebrating National Nurses Week April 29–June 10, 2019 36 Working Nurse l WorkingNurse.com Jinhee Nguyen