The Impact On Nursing of the 2010 IOM Report On The Future Of Nursing

GBUllet, RNC

Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Professional Dynamics

As the largest single profession in US healthcare, Nursing plays a major role in the healthcare delivery in both rural and urban areas. The nursing profession is a work in progress and constantly evolving. Nurses in this era in many ways are far different than what it was at its inception. Today’s nurses must embrace change and incorporate evidence based medicine, creativity and the enthusiasm with discipline. Currently nurses are limited with their ability to deliver care with the changing healthcare practice in US. In order to be an effective participant in the evolving and transforming healthcare system, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Institute of medicine (IOM) launched an initiative in 2008 which created a report with eight recommendations for the future transformation of the nursing profession. The IOM report had 8 key recommendations for the future of nursing. The following key messages were the framework for the recommendations. * Recommends that nurses should be able to practice to the full extent of their training and education * Recommends that nurses should attain higher levels of schooling and training through an enhanced education system that encourages seamless academic advancement. * Nurses should be full allies, with physicians and other health care professionals, in reforming health care in the United States. * Recommends that labor force development be effective and policy making needs better collection of data and an improved infrastructure for information. The impact of the IOM report on nursing education is significant and worth discussing. Recommendation