Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, IOM Launch Unprecedented Initiative on the Future of Nursing in America

More than 100 gathered on July 14 in Washington, DC to launch a new collaboration between the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Initiative on the Future of Nursing. A committee of experts and stakeholders in health care, nursing, business and consumer advocacy is charged with identifying solutions of nursing care that will not only address many of the issues facing the profession but also transform the way Americans receive health care. The Initiative’s study committee will be led by Donna E. Shalala, PhD, former Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and current president of the University of Miami. Linda Burnes Bolton, DrPH, RN, FAAN, vice president for nursing, chief nursing officer, and director of nursing research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, will serve as the committee's vice chair.

As part of the Initiative, the committee will identify the potential for increasing access, improving quality and reducing costs through the involvement of nursing leaders and widespread use of nursing care solutions.

To learn more about the Initiative, visit www.thefutureofnursing.org or www.iom.edu/nursing.