a) Discuss the work of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Committee Initiative on the Future of Nursing and the Institute of Medicine research that led to the IOM report, “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.”
b) Identify the importance of the IOM “Future of Nursing” report related to nursing practice, nursing education and nursing workforce development.
c) What is the role of state-based action coalitions and how do they advance goals of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action?
Summarize (2) initiatives spearheaded by your state’s Action Coalition. In what ways do these initiatives advance the nursing profession? What barriers to advancement currently exist in your state? How can nursing advocates in your state overcome these barriers?
Robert Wood Johnson; a remarkable man. He is a man that changes the face of healthcare even after he is no longer on this earth. Robert Johnson, a pilot, writer, sailor, and activist, to name a few was devoted to his small family business to what is known now and Johnson & Johnson. He took a particular interest in hospitals and noticed hospital administrators needed specialized training and was a pioneer in the first school that provided that education. He also was an advocate for the patients that he saw get lost in the maze of healthcare. Being such an advocate for education and having such a humble heart for the needy, when he died he left the majority of his money to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This Foundation continues to help the poor, and uneducated. However, this foundation is also the advocate for so much evidence-based recommendations for leading change and advancing heath in our health care society today. “In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a two-year initiative to respond to the need to assess and transform the nursing profession” (IOM). The IOM formed a committee