Below are resources directly related to the increasing the opportunities for nurses' to be prepared for and fill leadership roles. This includes recommendations by the Institute of Medicine committee, research, presentations, case studies and personal stories of models of nurse-led innovation. Private and public funders, health care organizations, nursing education programs, and nursing associations should expand opportunities for nurses to lead and manage collaborative efforts with physicians and other members of the health care team to conduct research and to redesign and improve practice environments and health systems. These entities should also provide opportunities for nurses to diffuse successful practices.
Nurses, nursing education programs, and nursing associations should prepare the nursing workforce to assume leadership positions across all levels, while public, private, and governmental health care decision makers should ensure that leadership positions are available to and filled by nurses.
Paper in the January/February 2012 issue of the Journal of Healthcare Management.
The landmark report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, released Oct. 5, 2010, has had considerable impact on the U.S. health care system and on how members of the health care workforce approach their work. Similarly, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action has made significant progress during its initial work to implement the report’s recommendations.
The campaign is coordinated through the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
This blog post originally appeared on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Human Capital Blog and the Center to Champion Nursing in America blog.
Deloras Jones, RN, MS, and Terry Hill, MD, FACP discuss the work of the California Action Coalition, a California effort to implement the Institute of Medicine recommendations from "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health"
Michael Hutton, PhD, discusses the work of the Florida Action Coalition, a Florida effort to implement the Institute of Medicine recommendations from "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health"