IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IOM FUTURE OF NURSING REPORT
Implementation of the IOM Future of Nursing Report
“The Future of Nursing Leading Change, Advancing Health”
In 2008 The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) joined forces to develop a report to address the important issues facing nursing and healthcare in the future. “The Future of Nursing Leading Change, Advancing Health” was the product of this partnership and made several recommendations intended to shape the future of nursing to meet the current and future health care needs of the United States The report made several recommendations which include: nurses beginning to practice at the level of their education background, nurses should seek higher levels of education, and nurses should be partners in healthcare working together with physicians and health care providers to redesign healthcare to meet the needs of the future.