FUTURE OF NURSING DISCUSSION 2022

Running head: THE FUTURE OF NURSING 1
The Future of Nursing
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THE FUTURE OF NURSING 2
The Future of Nursing
Nursing is a significantly broad field with a variety of aspects which include but not
limited to treatment, disease prevention and management, patient care, and health campaign. As
a broad area, it is bound to have its fair share of challenges. In that regard, the Institute of
Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson (RWJF) formed a program to assess and make
recommendations for the future of nursing. This paper seeks to shed light on the role of RWJF
initiative and the IOM report, including a review of State-Based Action Coalitions, state action
initiatives, and challenges.
The RWJF initiative core mission was to generate a report with recommendations for a
more action-based design for the nursing profession. The committee’s role was examining the
capacity of the broad nursing workforce to meet the demands of a more reformed health care
approach. The committee looked into the capacity of nursing education, healthcare setting, and
the delivery of health care services (National Academies, 2018). By making changes in
institutions and public policies at different levels of the government, the committee
recommended specific actions. The recommendation stressed the aim of highlighting the key
nursing roles when it comes to the design and implementation of an efficient health care system.
Thereby, suggestions were made about conceptualizing the roles of nurses in the context of the
whole health sector, shortages, societal issues, and the advancement in technology (NCBI,
2015). Additionally, the committee suggested expanding the nursing profession by restructuring
the whole nursing education and enlarging the capacity of the nursing school to produce
adequately groomed nurses (American Nurses Association, 2019). Finally, the committee