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The IOM Future of Nursing Report and Nursing

Introduction

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” is a thorough assessment of the nursing workforce. The report explores how the education, responsibilities and the roles of nurses should significantly be changed to meet the high demand for care that will occur as a result of a reformed health system and to promote improvements in the United States health system that is becoming more complex. The IOM Future of Nursing Report and Nursing GCU paper discusses how the IOM report has influenced nursing education and training, practice, and role development  and the role of  state-based action coalitions in promoting implementations contained in the report.

The work of the Robert Wood Foundation Committee Initiative that led to the IOM report

In 2008, the IOM was approached by the RWJF to suggest collaboration between the two entities to perform an assessment and act in response to the need to change the profession to meet the challenges facing the profession.  According to Altman et al (2016), the two organizations initiated a two year Future of Nursing initiative.  The RWJF committee was requested to examine whether the nursing workforce was capable of meeting the demands of the reformed health care system. The committed was also tasked with developing recommendations for transformations at the national, state, and local levels. In particular, the committee was requested to recognize the fundamental responsibilities of the nursing workforce in the planning and execution of a health care system that is more efficient and effective IOM Future of Nursing Report and Nursing GCU. The committee was to produce recommendations on how the nursing education capacity could be expanded to produce a sufficient amount of nurses who are adequately prepared to net future and current demand; reconceptualize nurses’ role within the framework whole health care system, and create innovative remedies connected to health care delivery and professional education by concentrating on the provision of nursing service.