RWJF/IOM to hold Final Forum on the Future of Nursing

The third, and final, of three nationwide forums held by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) is scheduled for February22, 2010, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. This forum willf ocus on issues related to nursing and interdisciplinary education. The first forum, held in October 2009 in Los Angeles, focused on nursing across acute care settings. The second forum, held in Philadelphia, reached out to the community for a discussion on public health, primary care, and long-term care. Individuals and organizations are again encouraged to provide written comments—which might include innovations/models and barriers/opportunities in the areas such as curriculum, teaching methodologies, and the learning environment—to help shape the forum’s discussion and the committee’s deliberations.

Review the draft  agenda.

Register here to attend the meeting. This event is open to the public; however, space is limited, so register online now to reserve your seat. For those unable to attend in person, there will be numerous options for participating off-site:

• Webcast through www.thefutureofnursing.org
• Twitter feed @FutureofNursing: use #IFNforum
• Future of Nursing blog for comments
• Facebook: Join the Forum on Facebook to watch videos from health care leaders, view photos of past forums and comment on the Initiative’s wall.

More information about the Initiative is available at http://www.thefutureofnursing.org and www.iom.edu/nursing.