Those of us who’ve been in practice for a long time ask the question,”What is the future of nursing?” I am happy to say that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in Collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has established a major initiative on the Future of Nursing. According to the RWJF website (http://www.rwjf.org/), this initiative will examine the capacity of the nursing workforce to meet the demands of a reformed health care and public health system. It will develop a set of bold national recommendations, including ones that address the delivery of nursing services in a shortage environment and the capacity of the nursing education system. The Initiative will find solutions to the issues that continue to challenge the nursing profession and the patients they serve, and to build upon the solutions that nursing can provide in improving quality and patient care.
The Initiative will be holding three Forums to discuss these issues. On October 19th, 2009, the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Acute Care took place in Los Angeles, California. On December 3rd, 2009, the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Primary Care, Long-Term Care, Community Health, and Public Health will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And on February 22nd, 2010 in Houston, Texas the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Education will take place. These forums are open to the public and consist of presenters who are the leading health care/nursing visionaries today.
Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins believes in this Initiative. One of the best ways to effect change within the profession and within the healthcare system is to disseminate information that will improve nursing practice and improve patient outcomes. Several of our journals are working with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; as well as other organizations, by publishing articles and other resources that support this endeavor. Lippincott’s NursingCenter’s Future of Nursing Page is a compilation of those activities. We have the opportunity to significantly impact the way health care is delivered. Use these resources to help make a difference.
Sincerely,
Anne Dabrow Woods MSN, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Wolters Kluwer Health Medical Research
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| AJN Editorial: The Initiative on the Future of Nursing |
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Donna E. Shalala PhD
Linda Burnes Bolton DrPH, RN, FAAN
Few health care reform efforts will affect patients as directly as determining how nurses can best work toward ensuring high-quality, affordable care for all Americans. As the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Initiative on the Future of Nursing, a new effort created by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine, we are seeking innovative ideas that address important nursing issues, such as the nurse shortage and regulatory and reimbursement barriers to nursing, and which can help transform the way Americans receive care. More...
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| Transforming Care at the Bedside: Paving the Way for Change, a supplement to AJN November 2009 |
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A Pod Design for Nursing Assignments
Lisa Donahue, DrNP, RN |
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Commitment of the Entire Organization
Laurie Lewis |
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Creating Leaders for the Future
Pamela Austin Thompson, MS, RN, FAAN |
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Editorial: The Development of TCAB
Susan B. Hassmiller PhD, RN, FAAN, Linda Burnes Bolton DrPH, RN, FAAN |
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Foreword: Nurses Transforming Care
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey MD, MBA, Donald M. Berwick MD, MPP |
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Improving Communication Among Nurses, Patients, and Physicians
Kimberly B. Chapman MS, RN, CNL |
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Improving Communication with Bedside Video Rounding
Peachy B. Hain MSN, RN, Christopher S. Ng, MD, et al. |
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Improving Mammography Screening
Janice L. Benzel, MHA, Paula D. Laubach, RT(R)(M), et al. |
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Overall Effect of TCAB on Initial Participating Hospitals
Jack Needleman, PhD, Patricia H. Parkerton, MPH, PhD, et al.
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Participation of Unit Nurses
Marjorie L. Pearson, PhD, MSHS, Jack Needleman, PhD, et al. |
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Perspective of the Patient and Family
Laurie Lewis |
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Physicians Embrace TCAB, Too
Laurie Lewis |
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Quiet Time
Heidi Boehm, MSN, RN, Stacy Morast, RN, BSN, NE-BC |
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Reducing Falls Among Outpatients
Whitney M. Zant, MBA, RRT |
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Resident Orientation
Kimberly E. Quisling, BSN |
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Ring! Ring!
Kathleen Lewis, MSN, RN, PCCN, Christine Olah, LVN |
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Spreading TCAB Across Network Hospitals
Claudia Q. Perez, MHI, BSN, Mary Viney, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, et al. |
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TCAB Fosters Leadership Skills
Laurie Lewis |
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TCAB in the Curriculum
Deborah Struth, MSN, RN |
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TCAB: The 'How' and the 'What'
Pat Rutherford MS, RN, Ron Moen MS, MA, et al. |
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The Business Case for TCAB
Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, Harriet Udin Aronow, PhD |
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Transporting Telemetry Patients
Nancy J. Mayer, MBA, BSN, RN |
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Trustees View TCAB from a Business Perspective
Laurie Lewis |
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| Alliance for Nursing Informatics: Statement to the RWJF Initiative |
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Statement to the RWJF Initiative: Future of Nursing Acute Care -- from the Alliance for Nursing Informatics |
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| Forum on the Future of Nursing: Acute Care |
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Forum on the Future of Nursing: Acute Care
Testimony of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
On October 19th, 2009, the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists presented testimony to the RWJF Future of Nursing Initiative. NACNS member, Margaret Talley, spoke to the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Acute Care Committee on the critically important role of Clinical Nurse Specialists in acute care. “The leadership and members of the NACNS applaud the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their excellent and timely support for increasing and enhancing the nursing workforce at this crucial time when fundamental reforms to healthcare are being considered.”
Full access to the NACNS testimony
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