This issue introduces a new department that JNP plans to offer periodically to highlight the wisdom and views of some of the talented nurse practitioner (NP) leaders who are former presidents of the American College of Nurse Practitioners (ANCP). Their experiences as ACNP leaders provide perspective and credibility to their views of current challenges. In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched a 2-year initiative to respond to the need to assess and transform the nursing profession. The IOM appointed the Committee on the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing (at the IOM) with the purpose of producing a report that would make recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint.
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