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October 3, 2011 - Twenty-one state-based collaborations have been named Action Coalitions by the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action , coordinated through the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), an initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), to ensure that all Americans have access to high-quality health care, with nurses contributing to the full extent of their capabilities. Action Coalitions work with the campaign to implement the recommendations of the 2010 landmark Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health .
"We are thrilled to add 21 more states to the Action Coalition network," said Susan B. Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior enterprise rent car discount coupons advisor for nursing at RWJF and director of Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action . " The Campaign for Action must work at every level to build and sustain the changes necessary to improve health care for all Americans."
• As of June 2011, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health became the most viewed online report in the IOM's history. And it has sparked widespread activity to address the recommendations.
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• In less than a year, groups have coalesced in nearly every state to respond to the IOM recommendations. Thirty-six states have campaign-designated Action Coalitions comprised of nursing and non-nursing leaders banded together to implement the IOM report recommendations.
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These states join the 15 current Action Coalition states already building teams and moving to action: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Utah, New Mexico, Virginia and Washington.
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"Adding this new wave of Action Coalitions represents a major step forward in the campaign's evolution," said Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior vice president of the AARP Public Policy Institute and CCNA chief strategist. "They have already made great strides in their states, and their applications reflected capable leadership, clear goals and strong action plans."
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• States will start collecting, analyzing and publishing nursing workforce data. In accordance with IOM recommendations, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and the Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers agreed to jointly collect nursing workforce data from states in 2012. Using the Forum's national Minimum Nurse Supply Dataset, the development of which was funded in part by the Center to Champion Nursing in America, NCSBN and the Forum will collaboratively gather and analyze the data, and publish a report slated for tentative release in early 2013.
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