The future of health care: without nurses, there will be no future.

摘要

Once again, in honor of National Nurses Week (May 6-12), the Organizational Affiliates of the American Nurses Association are dedicating our spring editorials and membership letters to one topic- "The Future of Nursing Initiative." For myself, I'd like to congratulate all my nurse colleagues. While I appreciate who nurses are and what great work they do all year long, I wish to offer special recognition for National Nurses Week. Last October, after 2 years of study, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a landmark report: The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and led by a committee of nationally renowned experts from nursing, medicine, and other disciplines, the report concluded that nurses must take a greater leadership role in the delivery of health care and development of health care policy.