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IOM and the Future
of Minnesota Nursing
Conference
On May 12, 2011 nursing educators, health professionals, students,
and the public attended the “IOM and the Future of Minnesota
Nursing: A Call to Meet Expanding Public Need” conference to hear
key insight and advice from Michael R. Bleich, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean
and Carol A. Lindeman Distinguished Professor from Oregon Health
& Science University.
The conference consisted of three working sessions with a core
focus to transform health and health care delivery to the people
and communities in Minnesota.
The sessions focused on: creating a competent workforce; how
nursing addresses the diverse communities of Minnesota, as well as
the diversity of student and faculty body; and nursing leadership in
Minnesota.
These discussions will generate next steps for nursing and
non-nursing partnership in Minnesota to move forward in
implementing the objectives of the Institute of Medicine report,
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. The report
explores how nurses’ roles, responsibilities, and education should
change significantly to meet the increased demand for care and to
advance improvements in America’s increasingly complex health
system.
Throughout the day, Dr. Bleich shared key ideas that stimulated
discussion in the writing of the groundbreaking IOM report. Bleich,
“Great things can happen when you bring great minds together.”--Dr. Michael
Bleich at the “IOM and the Future of Minnesota Nursing: A Call to Meet
Expanding Public Need” conference held May 12, 2011 at the College of St.
Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota.
a 1987 alumni of the U of M School of Nursing, was a member of
the IOM commission that produced the Future of Nursing report.
The event concluded with his public lecture entitled “Nursing
and the IOM: Can We, Will We Lead Change to Advance Health in
Minnesota... in America?” where he charged those in attendance to
use their voice to help move this critical agenda ahead.
This conference was sponsored by the Minnesota Association of
Colleges of Nursing (MACN) and cosponsored by the AD/PN Directors
Association, Center for Nursing, HealthForce Minnesota, Minnesota
Board of Nursing, and the Minnesota Hospital Association.
Watch video of the sessions at
nursing.umn.edu/IOMConference
Minnesota Joins 15 states to
become an IOM Action Coalition
Minnesota has been awarded national recognition by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP Foundation to join
15 states in becoming an Action Coalition. “This is a clear sign
that Minnesota’s nurses are working together and working in
collaboration with non-nursing partners in teams that work and
make strategic sense,” says Dean Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN,
FACMI. Dean Delaney and Clinical Professor Joanne Disch, PhD, RN,
FAAN, are members of the steering committee formed to support
the Minnesota Action Coalition. Other key stakeholders include
Minnesota Center for Nursing, HealthForce Minnesota, Minnesota
Board of Nursing, Minnesota Association of College of Nursing
(MACN) and the Minnesota Hospital Association.
Action Coalitions are being launched throughout the U.S. to
continue the conversations with nursing and non-nursing leaders
about the opportunities to transform health care through nursing
as brought forth in the IOM report Future of Nursing: Leading
Change, Advancing Health. These coalitions are the driving force of
the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and will effect longterm
sustainable change at the local, state, and regional levels.
The statewide goals of the Minnesota’ Action Coalition include:
• Improving leadership capacity and the influence of nursing.
• Creating and delivering clear messages on the IOM
recommendations.
• Expanding the ability of nurses to come together and create
needed change by creating a sustainable fiscal model with new
stakeholders.
• Collaborating with diverse constituencies for the purpose of
identifying innovative health optimizing initiatives.
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