Twelve new state-based collaborations have been named "action coalitions" by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative to ensure that all Americans have access to high-quality, patient-centered healthcare, with nurses contributing to the full extent of their capabilities.
Action coalitions work with the campaign to implement the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine report, "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health." The coalitions are comprised of nursing and other healthcare representatives and business, consumer and other leaders across the country.
"With this announcement, we are thrilled to have action coalitions in nearly every state," Susan B. Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN, senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director of Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, said in an RWJF news release. "The Campaign for Action is working in states and at every level to build and sustain the changes necessary to improve healthcare for all Americans."
The state action coalitions announced are Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Vermont. They join 36 others previously designated by the campaign.
RWJF describes the action coalitions as the driving force of the campaign at the state and local levels. The groups capture best practices, determine research needs, track lessons learned and identify replicable models.
Examples of accomplishments by action coalitions as listed in the news release include:
• Texas has collaborated with nursing education leaders to adopt a common menu of core required classes across 106 schools in the state.
• New Jersey has advanced practice by disseminating best practice models that demonstrate the benefits that accrue when staff nurses work to the full extent of their education and training.
• Indiana has worked with Indiana University to include interprofessional education in the newly designed curriculum to be used by a number of its health profession programs, including the schools of medicine and nursing.
• Virginia has advanced nursing leadership by recognizing and mentoring 40 Virginia RNs younger than 40 who positively represent and lead their profession.
The campaign seeks active participation from states, national organizations and individuals from healthcare, business, education, government and philanthropic sectors to ensure the IOM recommendations are translated into actions that result in improved patient-centered care.
Specifically, the Campaign for Action is working to implement the recommendations of the IOM report with an emphasis on strengthening nurse education and training; enabling nurses to practice to the full extent of their education and training; advancing interprofessional collaboration among healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated and improved patient care; expanding leadership ranks to ensure nurses have a voice on management teams, in boardrooms and during policy debates; and improving healthcare workforce data collection to better assess and project workforce requirements.
Action coalitions work with the campaign to implement the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine report, "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health." The coalitions are comprised of nursing and other healthcare representatives and business, consumer and other leaders across the country.
"With this announcement, we are thrilled to have action coalitions in nearly every state," Susan B. Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN, senior adviser for nursing at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and director of Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, said in an RWJF news release. "The Campaign for Action is working in states and at every level to build and sustain the changes necessary to improve healthcare for all Americans."
The state action coalitions announced are Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee and Vermont. They join 36 others previously designated by the campaign.
RWJF describes the action coalitions as the driving force of the campaign at the state and local levels. The groups capture best practices, determine research needs, track lessons learned and identify replicable models.
Examples of accomplishments by action coalitions as listed in the news release include:
• Texas has collaborated with nursing education leaders to adopt a common menu of core required classes across 106 schools in the state.
• New Jersey has advanced practice by disseminating best practice models that demonstrate the benefits that accrue when staff nurses work to the full extent of their education and training.
• Indiana has worked with Indiana University to include interprofessional education in the newly designed curriculum to be used by a number of its health profession programs, including the schools of medicine and nursing.
• Virginia has advanced nursing leadership by recognizing and mentoring 40 Virginia RNs younger than 40 who positively represent and lead their profession.
The campaign seeks active participation from states, national organizations and individuals from healthcare, business, education, government and philanthropic sectors to ensure the IOM recommendations are translated into actions that result in improved patient-centered care.
Specifically, the Campaign for Action is working to implement the recommendations of the IOM report with an emphasis on strengthening nurse education and training; enabling nurses to practice to the full extent of their education and training; advancing interprofessional collaboration among healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated and improved patient care; expanding leadership ranks to ensure nurses have a voice on management teams, in boardrooms and during policy debates; and improving healthcare workforce data collection to better assess and project workforce requirements.
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