Initiative on the Future of Nursing (IFN) Workshop Emphasizes the Value of Nursing

Lori Melichar, PhD, MA, a labor economist and senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, writes about attending the second IFN technical workshop, held in Washington DC on November 2, 2009, and identifies a theme running through three different panels: the value nurses add across health care settings.  Melichar writes that if we provide incentives for nurses to acquire the education and experience they need and allow them to practice in environments that enable, not hinder effective team work, we will both improve patient care and keep costs down.

This entry was originally published on the Future of Nursing Blog, part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the IOM.

Read the full entry here.