title: The future of nursing: domestic agenda, global implications.
abstract: The 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, challenges the nursing profession to take a key role in redesigning the health care system. Intended to shape the future of nursing in the United States, the IOM report has implications for nursing worldwide. While individual states and nursing organizations are developing initiatives to implement the IOM recommendations in the United States, there must be a concomitant effort to examine the ripple effect on global health and the nursing community. This article addresses four IOM recommendations that are directly relevant to internationally educated nurses who practice across borders: nurse residency programs, lifelong learning, leading change to advance health, and interprofessional health care workforce data. The article discusses the IOM recommendations through a global perspective and offers policy implications for legislators, health care organizations and nurse educators, regulators and administrators.
authors.affiliation: CGFNS International, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Franklin A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Shaffer
authors.affiliation: CGFNS International, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA crdavis@cgfns.org.
authors.forename: Catherine R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: CGFNS International, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: To Dutka
authors.affiliation: CGFNS International, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Donna R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D005181:Faculty, Nursing / Q000592:standards; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division / Q000458:organization & administration; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States
keywords: future of nursing report; global nurse leadership; globalization of nursing; interprofessional health care workforce data; leading change to advance health; lifelong learning; nurse residency programs