title: Wellness promotion and the Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing Report: are nurses ready?
abstract: This article highlights the gap between wellness in nursing practice and the mission statement of the Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing Report. It explores wellness from 3 philosophical arguments, provides a historical evolution of wellness, and explores nurses' current understanding of wellness. Future directions for implementing wellness in nursing practice are provided for science, education, and leadership.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. Kelley.A.Strout@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kelley
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Strout
mesh_terms: D006293:Health Promotion; D018939:Holistic Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D009726:Nurses; D058028:Research Report; D014481:United States