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Nurses provide an inclusive and coordinated health care, address patient challenges, collaborate and communicate with other stakeholders. Besides, nurses promote interdisciplinary teamwork to ensure that patient acquires affordable, safe and quality health care. To achieve these objectives nurses team up with other interested institutions such as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) (Melnyk & Fineout, 2015). Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is one of the most prevalent institutions focusing exclusively on health that is based in the United States. The fundamental goal of the organization is to ensure that every American has access to quality health care. At the same time, the institution focuses on providing grants that are used for training nurses and physicians. Moreover, the organization also focuses on reducing the impacts of auxiliary factors that affects health care such as poverty, housing, access to quality food and violence (Debisette & Vessey, 2013). Other aims of the institutions are facilitating health research, analysis, communication, facilitating partnership, planning health strategies and supporting policy evaluation. The objective of this study is to find out, analyze and deliberate on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation initiatives on the nursing development, Institute of Medicine (IOM) research and importance of the IOM report in nursing exercise education and staff development. Correspondingly, the role of state-based action partnerships and its impact on the future of nursing will be reviewed (Hamric et al., 2014). Besides, a summary of the two initiatives headed in the action collision of the state of Florida, their impact in the nursing field and the barrier to implementation will also be discussed.
The Work of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Committee Initiative
The Committee is working to survey the capacity of the nursing personnel to fulfill the demands of the transformed public health and health care system (Rambur, 2015). The Committee will meet these requirements by enacting audacious national recommendations that will have the blueprint and clear agenda to improve the institutional policies and public views. The committee also pursues innovative and efficient ways of solving the long time issues of the nursing shortage in the United States. Correspondingly, the committee seeks to find viable means of responding to present and impending technology in nursing as well as the societal issues (Doak et al., 2011). At the same time, there is the issue of expanding nursing facilities and faculties with the intention of increasing the nursing school capacity. Developing faculty will enable redesigning nursing tutoring strategy that will guarantee production of not only adequate nurses but those who can meet the existing and impending health care demands (Mcbride, 2015). The committee also seeks to attract, retaining and preparing nurses to for multiple health care issues such as primary care, public health, ambulatory and long-term care. The committee also works with the United State government to transform health care sector by providing safe, affordable and quality care to all patients (Melnyk & Fineout, 2015). Other initiatives that the committee is pursuing include envisioned imminent disease prevention, improving nursing leadership, improving interpersonal collaboration, responsiveness to the esteemed patients’ requirements and putting in place the necessary drivers of primary health care.
Importance of the IOM Future of Nursing Report related to Nursing Practice, Nursing Education, and Nursing Workforce Development
According to the report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the nursing profession is undergoing a massive transformation in that it has become a fundamental force of transforming health care (Hamric et al., 2014). These changes are being experienced when the United States is experiencing fundamental changes in health care practices. Institute of Medicine provides a framework that is significant in transforming health care. This structure is based on several critical areas. Nurses ought to undergo not only inclusive but comprehensive training that will enable them to face the always changing matters in health care (Debisette & Vessey, 2013). These issues include technological, evolving legal issues and emergencies of patient-based care. If an adequate transformation is required in these areas, institutions, government agencies, and healthcare personnel ought to provide a supportive environment and provide necessary resources. Correspondingly, more efficient outcomes are expected when health care systems stimulate and uphold seamless educational progression and research (Rambur, 2015). At the same time, more opportunities ought to be available to nurses in that they will be involved in decision making. That progressive achievement can be done by nurturing and fostering leadership in the nursing sector. The effectiveness of these initiatives will guarantee affordable and efficient healthcare to the members of the public irrespective of their status of position in the society (Mcbride, 2015). Practicing nurses should also partner with health professional and physicians to enhance the process of comprehensively redesigning health care. Operational workforce policy making and planning requires Institute of Medicine’s informational infrastructure and data.
Role of State-Based Action Coalitions and how do they Advance Goals of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action
State-Based Action Coalitions are significant initiatives aimed at progressing and evolving nursing profession that prepare nurses for future concerns. As such, the coalition aims at setting clear goals by involving all the interested stakeholders to achieve unity, strength, and harmony (Doak et al., 2012). For instance, the coalition aims at expanding the scope of nurses. Widening the scope will enable individuals to have more free care. In the past, nurses could not practice activities like midwife activities without physician approval. With changes that have been brought about by coalitions, nurses can comfortably operate such activities without doctors’ oversight. Similarly, nurses executive and other organization participate in developing the strategic plan that guides nursing practice for some years (Doak et al., 2012).The coalitions also enable the creation of resources that are significant in improving health initiative and increasing opportunities such as resources meant to improve cultural practices. Other practices include mobilization of businesses, consumers, nurses, healthcare providers, and educators with the aim of strengthening healthcare and nursing profession on various fronts (Melnyk & Fineout, 2015). The coalition also promoted leadership, sharing of research progress and practical health guidelines.
Initiatives Spearheaded by Florida Action Coalition
Florida Action Coalition was formed in 2011 with the major objective of improving nursing profession which in both short term and long term perspectives improves health care practices to Floridians. The guiding principle is that every Floridian ought to get high-quality care (Hamric et al., 2014). Florida Action Coalition is a collaboration of different stakeholders aimed at fostering leading changes in health care and nursing practice. Consequently, such an initiative would enable many Floridians right to access high-quality health care at an affordable cost. Healthcare professional and nurses have teamed up with a various executive from business, health foundations, government agencies and universities to advance three broad areas. Such areas include leadership, education, and nursing practice. Florida action plan was guided by the forty recommendations that were in the IOM report (Coalition, 2017). Eight of these recommendations were declared central to Floridians and thus prioritized and adapted to meet the needs of the people. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded Florida Nursing Center for their initiative in promoting nursing responsibility and leadership. Recognition and award were mainly because the coalition developed training of nurses on both primary health systems and leadership. The coalition has also focused on increasing nursing workforce, increase diversity and expanding opportunities (Coalition, 2017). Such initiatives will not only enable nurses to work efficiently due to reduced workload but offer opportunities to nurses from the diverse background.
How the efforts Advance the Nursing Profession
Florida Coalition Action has advanced nursing practice enhancing diversity, leadership and practice. Florida Coalition Action seeks to promote nursing regarding the opportunity to develop their suitable health care scheme (Coalition, 2017). The health care would be affordable, accessible, seamless, evidence-based, quality attention and patient-centered. Also, such practices inevitably lead continued improvement and achievement of actual health outcomes. Advancements in such practices can also be done through active participation, taking up the leadership role and increasing diversity (Mcbride, 2015). However, to achieve the best results, there will be a need for transformation and remodeling of diverse health care systems. The initiative is achievable with adequate training, education, research, and leadership.
Barriers to Advancement and how they can be addressed and how Nursing Advocates in Florida Overcome These Barriers
Identification of core health barriers is a significant step in the process of strategizing and overcoming them. As well, awareness will facilitate preparation and commencement of necessary intervention meant to improve health care for the Floridians (Coalition, 2017). Some of these barriers include the inability to recognize nurses as valuable revenue generators. This barrier makes it difficult for the coalition to bring nurses together and to channel their views and contribution towards progress. This challenge can be solved by recognizing the role of the nurse in the process of providing health care and involving nurses’ leadership in vital decision-making panel, especially in financial issues (Hamric et al., 2014). The barriers of lack of visibility of nurses in the process of making important policies exist and can be addressed through inclusiveness and enquiring feedback from nurses in particular through their leaders. Lack of funding is also a very common barrier that can be addressed by working with both private sector and government to secure funding for various programs (Melnyk & Fineout, 2015). Other obstacles include lack of unity and single voice in speaking out the issues facing nurses and different perception on the roles of nurses and physicians. These barriers can be addressed through promoting nursing leadership and building relationship between nurses and physician respectively.
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