The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
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Report overview
Released in October 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, is a thorough examination of the nursing workforce. The recommendations offered in the report focus on the critical intersection between the health needs of diverse, changing patient populations across the lifespan and the actions of the nursing workforce. These recommendations are intended to support efforts to improve the health of the U.S. population through the contributions nurses can make to the delivery of care.
The eight recommendations offered in the report are centered on four main issues:
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Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training.
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Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression.
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Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States.
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Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure.
The report is designed to serve as a framework for changes in the nursing profession and the health care delivery system. These nurse-led solutions are directed to individual policy makers, national state and local government leaders, payers, health care researchers, executives and professionals – including nurses and others – as well as to larger groups such as licensing bodies, education institutions, and philanthropic and advocacy organizations, especially those advocating for consumers.
Since its release in October 2010, The Future of Nursing has remained the top visited report on the IOM’s website.
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From AONE eNews Update, 10/8/2010
IOM calls for nursing changes to meet health reform, patient needs
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) this week issued a blueprint for transforming nursing roles, responsibilities and education to meet the promise of a reformed health care system and the nation's health needs. Developed in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the report calls for state and federal policies that allow nurses to practice to the full extent of their education and training, residency programs to help those with nursing degrees transition into clinical practice, and more opportunities for nurses to lead collaborative improvement efforts. It also recommends increasing the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80 percent by 2020, doubling the number of nurses with a doctorate, and improving the collection and analysis of health care workforce data. "This seminal report presents a watershed moment for the nursing profession as we work to reform health care," said AONE president Pamela Rudisill, MSN, RN, MEd, NEA-BC. "It represents challenges but great opportunities to recreate nursing in America by removing barriers to scope of practice, expanding collaborative efforts such as AONE's Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), and promoting a better educated workforce and the value of nursing through evidence-based research and enhanced data collection efforts."
From AONE eNews Update, 10/15/2010
Tri-Council for Nursing calls for support of IOM’s Future of Nursing Report
The Tri-Council for Nursing yesterday announced its strong endorsement of the new Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on The Future of Nursing and called for collaboration among stakeholders to advance the report’s recommendations. AONE is a member of Tri-Council, in addition to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, American Nurses Association, and National League for Nursing. The organizations are united in their view that the report provides a practical blueprint for elevating nursing’s role in transforming the health care delivery system and meeting the challenges of health care reform for the betterment of patient care. The Tri-Council organizations are committed to supporting the core recommendations outlined in the IOM report, which were developed around four key messages: nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and training; nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression; nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health care professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States; and effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure. (Tri-Council for Nursing, press release, 10/14/10)
From AONE eNews Update, 11/19/2010
RWJF launches new website featuring IOM initiatives
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has launched a new website to outline recommendations on the Institute of Medicine (IOM)'s future of nursing report. The new resource includes: details on the research and data behind the recommendations from the report; ideas, action steps and resources for organizations to become involved; toolkits and template materials for leaders to advance the recommendations in their communities. Additionally, on November 30, RWJF will host a live webcast of the National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing in Washington, DC. The webcast will feature presentations by leaders on the initiative—including 2011 AONE board member Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN—highlighting recommendations from The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report and steps to help foster implementation. For additional information visit the new RWJF website.
From AONE eNews Update, 11/24/2010
National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing webcast features Linda Burnes Bolton
A live webcast of the National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing—the capstone event of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine (IOM)―will be presented on November 30, 2010. The webcast will feature presentations by leaders of the initiative—including 2011 AONE board member Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN—highlighting recommendations from The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report and steps to help foster implementation. For details on the research and data behind the recommendations from the report; ideas, action steps and resources for organizations to become involved; toolkits and template materials for leaders to advance the recommendations in their communities, visit the new RWJF website.
From AONE eNews Update, 12/3/2010
RWJF holds summit on nursing's role in Initiative on the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) this week kicked off a summit on nursing's role in promoting health as part of its "Initiative on the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action." RWJF and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) last month issued a blueprint for transforming nursing roles, responsibilities and education to meet the promise of a reformed health care system and the nation's health needs. RWJF's campaign seeks to guide implementation of the report's recommendations. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, RWJF president and chief executive officer said, “The Foundation is committed to using the IOM Future of Nursing report as it is intended to be used, as a roadmap for future direction and action.” Pamela A. Thompson, AONE chief executive officer and American Hospital Association (AHA) senior vice president for nursing, took part in the summit and noted that AONE is “excited to be a part of what could be one of the most historic transformations of health care and the nursing profession.”
From AONE eNews Update, 12/3/2010
RWJF collaborates to widen role of advanced practice nurses
A news story on the Modern Healthcare website reports the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has begun collaboration with AARP and five states to work on an agenda outlined in a recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) report that advocates giving advanced-practice nurses more autonomy and leadership roles in medicine. The report also urges greater educational attainment for nurses and standardization in higher education nursing programs. Representatives from the groups are meeting in Washington DC this week to discuss plans to advance the IOM recommendations across the country.
From AONE eNews Update, 12/10/2010
AONE issues position statement on the educational preparation of nurse leaders
AONE this week issued a position statement on the educational preparation of nurse leaders. Approved by the AONE Board of Directors, the position statement supports the educational preparation of nurse leaders being commensurate with their scope of leadership practice. The position states that nurses in leadership roles should be minimally prepared at the baccalaureate or master’s level in nursing, and nurse leaders at the highest levels of executive leadership should be encouraged to seek educational preparation at the doctoral level. In addition, the AONE Nurse Executive Competencies should form the foundation for all nurse leader graduate education and curriculum development. “This is the appropriate time for AONE to provide guidance as nurse leaders prepare themselves to meet current challenges and guide the future direction of nursing, especially during this era of health care reform,” said AONE board president Pamela T. Rudisill, MSN, RN, MEd.
From AONE eNews Update, 12/23/2010
The Initiative on the Future of Nursing’s Campaign for Action launches new website
Supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the Initiative on the Future of Nursing’s Campaign for Action has launched a new website. The Campaign for Action recently hosted a National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing and video from the event is featured on the new site. It also offers visitors an opportunity to sign up for email updates, or to find or host an event. (RWJF, News, 12/20/10)
From AONE eNews Update, 1/13/2011
Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action now accepting new RAC applications
The Future of Nursing:Campaign for Action is currently accepting new applications to join its Regional Action Coalitions (RAC). Originally established in October 2010, RACs are organized groups of nursing and non-nursing leaders and stakeholders working at the local, state and regional levels to transform health care through nursing by implementing the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. For additional information visit www.thefutureofnursing.org to review the application and FAQs. Only one RAC will be selected per state. A question/answer webinar will also be presented on January 28 at 3:00 p.m. EST. The RAC application deadline is February 4.
Sources: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Institute of Medicine (IOM).
