IOM Future of Nursing Report and Nursing

IOM Future of Nursing Report and Nursing
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IOM Future of Nursing Report and Nursing
The changing climate of healthcare has focused on offering high-quality care to a diverse population. In the current era, the provision of healthcare services mandates the collaboration of various healthcare providers. Nurses form the largest portion of the healthcare workers and can be utilized to change the healthcare system. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM), in collaboration with the Robert Wood Foundation Committee (RWFC), released a report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” The report provides recommendations on the role of nurses in the new healthcare landscape.
The work of the Robert Wood Foundation Committee
The committee was required to produce a report containing recommendations directed towards the future of nursing. The report needed to highlight the changes in public and institutional policies needed to enhance healthcare in the US. The committee held forums with the different stakeholders. It assembled professionals from various fields like business, healthcare, and the nursing profession. The committee also collected the public’s views and conducted an extensive literature review to develop a report. The outcome was a report that highlighted what the healthcare system needed to make to ensure that nurses particulate fully in the healthcare system.
The key messages
Firstly, the report recommends that nurses should operate to the full scope of their training. The report requires states to take advantage of advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) (IOM, 2011). In this regard, states and insurance companies should make changes that allow patients to choose from a range of providers, including APRNs. There has been a limit to nurses where they practice more in the acute care setting. Considering the future demands of healthcare, nurses should be allowed to practice in a range of areas, including the community setting (Salmond & Echevarria, 2017).
Secondly, nurses need to attain higher levels of education. Major changes should be made to the US health education system to ensure that nurses can have seamless academic progression (IOM, 2011). Changes in the education system are necessary to ensure that nurses offer safe and high-quality care to patients across all settings. There are shortages of faculty to teach nurses, which limits the ability of the education system to produce well-educated nurses (Nardi & Gyurko, 2013). Nurses should move seamlessly through the education system so that they can attain higher levels of education.
Thirdly, nurses should be full participants in the redesigning of the American healthcare system. There is a need for strong leadership if nurses are to be participants in the healthcare system (Figueroa, Harrison, Chauhan & Meyer, 2019). Nurses should have the required education and training to participate effectively in the redesign of the system together with other healthcare professionals.
Lastly, nurses need to operate based on data collected and improved infrastructure. Effective planning and policymaking require nurses to base their activities on concrete evidence (Arabi,...