The Transformation of Nursing and Health Care-The Stars Have Aligned to Unleash the Power of Nurses

摘要

To say the stars aligned in the Spring of 2021 would be an understatement. Rarely have the visions of so many health care thought leaders been so congruent in recognizing opportunity, need, and the competence, knowledge, access, and expertise of nurses. The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the International Council of Nurses (ICN), the American Nurses Association (ANA), the Tri-Council, and the AmericanAssociation of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) have all called for the transformation of health care and/or nursing. The works of these independent organizations, some of which had been in progress for several years, all came forward within a few weeks of each other with remarkable similarity in their identification of needs, solutions, and the role of nursing as the group best qualified and positioned to accomplish this transformation of nursing and health care.