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The Future of Nursing - Leading Change, Advancing Health (Hardcover, New)
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The Future of Nursing - Leading Change, Advancing Health (Hardcover, New)
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With more than 3 million members, the nursing profession is the
largest segment of the nation's health care workforce. Working on
the front lines of patient care, nurses can play a vital role in
helping realize the objectives set forth in the 2010 Affordable
Care Act, legislation that represents the broadest health care
overhaul since the 1965 creation of the Medicare and Medicaid
programs. A number of barriers prevent nurses from being able to
respond effectively to rapidly changing health care settings and an
evolving health care system. These barriers need to be overcome to
ensure that nurses are well- positioned to lead change and advance
health. In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the
IOM launched a two-year initiative to respond to the need to assess
and transform the nursing profession. The IOM appointed the
Committee on the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the
IOM, with the purpose of producing a report that would make
recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of
nursing. Through its deliberations, the committee developed 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. * Effective workforce
planning and policy making require better data collection and
information infrastructure. The United States has the opportunity
to transform its health care system, and nurses can and should play
a fundamental role in this transformation. However, the power to
improve the current regulatory, business, and organizational
conditions does not rest solely with nurses; government,
businesses, health care organizations, professional associations,
and the insurance ind
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