The Initiative on the Future of Nursing is a two-year effort of the IOM and RWJF to find solutions to the continuing challenges facing the nursing profession, and to build upon nursing-based solutions to improve quality and transform the way Americans receive health care.
The second committee meeting included an overview of the Prime Minister's Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery, presentations on fulfilling the potential of the nursing workforce and an overview of the status of health care reform.
>>Access the archived webcast.September 14, 2009, Committee Meeting
9:00-10:00 a.m. Overview of the Prime Minister's Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery
- Ann Keen, Commission Chair, and Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health Services
- Jane Salvage, Joint Lead, Support Office
- Anne Marie Rafferty, Commissioner (via videoconference)
10:00-11:30 a.m. Fulfilling the Potential of the Nursing Workforce
- Ann Hendrich, Ascension Health
- Mary Naylor, University of Pennsylvania
- Ed O'Neil, University of California, San Francisco (via videoconference)
11:30-11:45 a.m. Break
11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Overview of the Status of Health Care Reform
- Chris Jennings, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.
- Dean Rosen, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc.
- Peter Reinecke, Reinecke Strategic Solutions, Inc.
Related Resources:
Agenda (.pdf)
Speaker Biographies (.pdf)