Grand Canyon University: NRS 440V
Implementation of the IOM Future of Nursing Report
In 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA gave many Americans the opportunity to have health care coverage that previously may have not been available to them. The reform is primarily aimed at decreasing the number of uninsured and underinsured Americans. The landscape of health care is changing and nursing is evolving alongside it. This health care overhaul gives nurses a vital role in leading the reform revolution. With more than three million strong, nursing is the biggest sector of the nation’s health care labor …show more content…
2). The report calls for nurses to be partners with physicians and additional health care professionals in reshaping the health care landscape. In order for nurses to be on the forefront of this reshaping, the nursing profession needs to prepare and mentor nurses to become leaders from the nursing bedside to the boardroom. The report recommends nurses actively assist on review boards and contribute in the decision making of health care reform. Furthermore, the report calls for nurses to acquire comprehensive data collection and improve the information infrastructure so that appropriate workforce planning can be implemented and the right changes are made to nursing practice and education.
This landmark report gave the nursing profession a “roadmap for direction and action” (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [RWJF], 2010). In order to see this unparalleled iniative come to fruition, the RWJF launched the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action; the purpose of this was to direct the execution of these unprecedented recommendations. A national summit was held in Washington D.C., where the nation’s top health leaders came together to meet and move forward with the recommendations. “This Campaign will transform our nation’s health care system so that all Americans have access to high-quality, patient-centered care where they live, work, learn and play and across the