Future of Nursing Blog

Greer Glazer, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., R.N., C.N.P., dean of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston, comments on the final session of the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Education. Read more...

Greer Glazer, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., R.N., C.N.P., dean of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston, reflects on the first two Forum on the Future of Nursing: Education sessions. Read more...

Greer Glazer, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., R.N., C.N.P., dean of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston, comments on the second session. Read more...

Greer Glazer, Ph.D., F.A.A.N., R.N., C.N.P., dean of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Boston, comments on the first session. Donna Shalala remins us that the purpose of this session today is information gathering. John Lumpkin, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and John Mendelsohn, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center welcomed guests to this session. Read more...

Marla Salmon, Sc.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., is the Robert G. and Jean A. Reid Dean in Nursing at the University of Washington School of Nursing. Dean Salmon will serve as a speaker at the Forum on the Future Nursing: Education in Houston, Texas on February 22, 2010. Read more...

Josef Reum, PhD, is Interim Dean, Associate Dean for Administration and Finance and an Associate Professor in both the Department of Health Policy and the Department of Health Services Management and Leadership at George Washington University. Dr. Reum moderates the Initiative's national forums. Read more...

Margaret Flinter, APRN, VP/Clinical Director Read more...

Margaret Flinter, APRN , VP/Clinical Director Read more...

Margaret Flinter, APRN, VP/Clinical Director Read more...

Margaret Flinter, APRN, VP/Clinical Director, Community Health Center, Inc., blogging from the Community College of Philadelphia Read more...

Margaret Flinter, APRN, Vice President of the Community Health Center, Inc., shares her perspective on today’s forum. Read more...

This blog post is by Linda Burnes Bolton, Co-chair of the Initiative on the Future of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Read more...

This blog post is from Lori Melichar, Ph.D., M.A. a labor economist and senior program officer in the Foundation’s Research and Evaluation Unit. As part of the Foundation’s focus on ensuring that the nation has a diverse, well-trained leadership and workforce in health and health care, Melichar manages three programs to develop human capital: Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative, RWJF Investigators in Health Policy, and RWJF Health Policy Scholars. Read more...

This blog post is by Julia Hallisy, D.D.S., author of The Empowered Patient. Hallisy will share her experiences with giving patients a voice in health care solutions at the L.A. Forum on the Future of Nursing. Read more...

This blog post is from Donna E. Shalala, Ph.D., former secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; president, University of Miami; chair, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing, at the Institute of Medicine and is the inaugural post for the Initiative on the Future of Nursing. Read more...

Ann Keen MP is chair of the Prime Minister's Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery, and parliamentary under-secretary of state for health services. Read more...

Health care affordability, and the vital role that nurses play in achieving it. Read more...

Reexamining the role of nurses in our health care system. Read more...