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The Future Of Nursing:: Leading Change, Advancing Health by Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing.; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.; National Academies Press (U.S.) is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Future Of Nursing:: Leading Change, Advancing Health about?

1 online resource (various pagings) "The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly complex health system. At more than 3 million in number, nurses make up the single largest segment of the health care work force. They also spend the greatest amount of time in delivering patient care as a profession. Nurses therefore have valuable insights and unique abilities to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted this year. Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in redesigning care in the United States. To ensure its members are well-prepared, the profession should institute residency training for nurses, increase the percentage of nurses who attain a bachelor's degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number who pursue doctorates. Furthermore, regulatory and institutional obstacles -- including limits on nurses' scope of prac

Author

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing.; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.; National Academies Press (U.S.)

Publisher

Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780309158190

Subjects

Medical, Medicine

Rating

4.4 / 5 (88 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14