The Future Of Nursing Campaign For Action
The Future of Nursing & The Campaign for Action
The Future of Nursing & The Campaign for Action
The health care industry is ever changing, requiring the practice of nursing to be continually transformed. Since nurses are in direct, constant contact with patients, we are in a position to facilitate change and it is our duty to be proactive in the processes that have a positive effect in our field. Likewise, it is imperative that nurses be actively involved in education in order to stay abreast of new evidenced based processes that will result in increased positive outcomes while elevating patient care. This paper will discuss initiatives set for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Committee (RWJF) on the Future of Nursing and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) research that resulted in the IOM report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health”. Additionally, it will indicate the significance of the reports associated with the development of the nursing workforce, nursing education, and nursing practice and indicates the position of Florida created action committees and how they function to achieve the goals of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.
In 2008, a partnership was created by the IOM and the RWJF to create an initiative to a forward driven plan that would assess and actively transform the nursing profession (RWJF, 2008). As a result of this partnership, four key points were identified for the purpose of renovating the profession of nursing:
1) Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and
Training.
2) Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression.
3) Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health care professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States.
4) Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure (IOM, 2010). In
The Future of Nursing & The Campaign for Action
The health care industry is ever changing, requiring the practice of nursing to be continually transformed. Since nurses are in direct, constant contact with patients, we are in a position to facilitate change and it is our duty to be proactive in the processes that have a positive effect in our field. Likewise, it is imperative that nurses be actively involved in education in order to stay abreast of new evidenced based processes that will result in increased positive outcomes while elevating patient care. This paper will discuss initiatives set for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Committee (RWJF) on the Future of Nursing and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) research that resulted in the IOM report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health”. Additionally, it will indicate the significance of the reports associated with the development of the nursing workforce, nursing education, and nursing practice and indicates the position of Florida created action committees and how they function to achieve the goals of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.
In 2008, a partnership was created by the IOM and the RWJF to create an initiative to a forward driven plan that would assess and actively transform the nursing profession (RWJF, 2008). As a result of this partnership, four key points were identified for the purpose of renovating the profession of nursing:
1) Nurses should practice to the full extent of their education and
Training.
2) Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression.
3) Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health care professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States.
4) Effective workforce planning and policy making require better data collection and information infrastructure (IOM, 2010). In
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