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Throughout the process of composing this report, the Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing devised and enacted what is known as the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. The engendering of the "Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" was a major component of that initiative. The aforementioned organization was not only responsible for conducting the research that this report was based on, but actually provided four essential recommendations that it believed the data supported and that have a direct correlation to the data collection necessary for future workforce policy making and planning, as

With an estimated 64 million people having seen the Institute of Medicine’s reccomendations on the future of nursing within the first year of its release, it is arguably one of the most influential pieces of medical literature of the 21st century, leaving a lasting impact on healthcare and paving an innovative path forward for the nursing profession. The institute of Medicine (IOM) is a nonprofit, unaffiliated orginazition. Its purpose is to provide advice to the government and private sector in order to make an informed health decision. The IOM was established in 1970, and for the past 40 years, the organization has been answering the nation’s most pressing questions about healthcare.

The United States Health care system is in the mist of converting to a preventative, health management focus system from a treatment focused system. There has been plenty of benefits and trials during the transformative period, like as with any other changes. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) requested that a report be done that would bring clarity to and direct the nursing profession on their parts and conversions that nursing is going to face. In this essay the IOM report that was completed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) on the future of nursing will be explored. There will be discussion of

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) 2010 report examines the role of the nurse in this rapidly changing complex health care system as well as the responsibilities and education of nurses to meet the need of an aging population. The IOM Report made many recommendation that affect nurses and nursing profession. I did not realize how much the Institute of Medicine Future of Nursing report would affect me, especially recommendation 4, 5, and 6. I returned back to school in 2012, but I got discourage and overwhelm with work and school, therefore, I stopped after the first class. But as changes where occurring in health care delivery, and these changes were affecting my current position at work, I decided to return back to school since the hospitals

The health care field is ever changing, the article The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2010), explains all the changes that need to happen in the health care system (Institute of Medicine, 2010). The recommendations that the Institute of Medicine has for the health care field are ones that are important for the workers as well as the patients. This report applies to my career because being in the master’s program I am furthering my education, which is one of the messages that this article has to the readers (Institute of Medicine, 2010, p. 4). Message one is also relevant to my career because it talks about nurse residency program and I have been in a program for a little over a year (Institute of Medicine, 2010, p. 5). As a nurse doing continuing education is a way of following new trends and developments in information.

With over three million nurses in the United States nurses play an important role in healthcare today. As the future of health care changes the nurses’ role will change as well. In 2008, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) combined partnership and put together a committee to assess nursing practices and make recommendations for the future transformations in the health care system. This report was released in 2010 and included four key components in which three will be discussed in this paper.

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.”

The third key message of IOM report says “Nurses should be full partners, with physicians and other health professionals, in redesigning health care in the United States”. A well-built leadership is important to make the dream of a transformed health care system successful. Most of the nurses do not begin

Nursing career is one of the few fastest growing fields in the health care industry not only in the United States but also in the world. Nurse practice has drastically changed in the last decade and as a result the need for changes in nursing practice is becoming more and more important. The Institute of Medicine report discusses so many aspects in nursing but this paper requires detailing the impacts on Nursing Practice (Transforming Practice), Nursing Education (Transforming Education), and the Nurse’s role as a Leader (Transforming Leadership). These three key aspects are discussed in the following pages.

In response to reforms called for by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Institute of Medicine (IOM) examined the future of nursing with these changes in mind. It is crucial for nursing to adapt to these reforms, along with advancements in medicine and changes in the demographics of the United States. The IOM report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, analyzes many ways that nursing can be improved and has been improved, and how we can apply what we have learned to how we practice nursing. I will be analyzing three sections of the report in particular: “Transforming Education,” “Transforming Practice,” and “Transforming Leadership” in order to determine how policy changes might impact my nursing education, practice and

Review the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report: "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health," focusing on the following sections: Transforming Practice, Transforming Education, and Transforming Leadership.

Impact on Nursing of the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the future of nursing.

and wherever needed” (IOM, 2010). The IOM report acknowledges the fact that more nurses are

Nursing has dynamic role in Patient care. Nurses educate, advocate, care and comfort patient. Moreover, nurses do 24 hour bedside care; they assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care and comfort of the patient. Furthermore, they communicate and collaborate patient care with other care team members. Nurses are eyes and ears of patient. Institute of medicine (IOM) understand the relation of nursing care and patient outcome. IOM perceives nurses going above and beyond to improve increasingly complex health care industry. IOM wants nurses to get higher education and function leadership role to improve patient outcome. Nevertheless, IOM calls on nurses to take greater role in growing health care system. This paper will illustrate the impact of IOM report on nursing education, nursing practice, nurse’s role as a leader, and the ways nurses can change their practice to meet the IOM’s report goal.

The field of nursing is one that has profound impact on medicine, health care, and society. There has been increased interest in the study and practice of nursing in the 21st century around the world. It is a growing field with a solid global reputation of necessity and respect. More and more people are interested in becoming nurses and more attention is being paid to the roles of nurses in the overall health care experience. The IOM report was released in 2011 as a reflection of the progress, philosophical perspective, and standards by which nursing and nurses should uphold. The paper pays particular attention to the sections regarding the IOM's stipulations for transforming the practice of, the education in, and the transformation of leadership in nursing. When initiatives and documents surface in a particular field, there will be changes in the approach, execution, and consideration for that field. Certainly, the IOM report directly impacts nursing education, the nursing practice as a whole, and perceptions or definitions of leadership in nursing. The paper is a short meditation and exploration of such considerations, as well as reflection as to how the IOM report alters my personal practice so as to meet the goals presented.