IOM


halftime report: Learning for life


By Heather Stringer


The year 2015 marked an important half-way point for the ambitious goals set forth in 2010 in the Institute of Medicine’s FutureofNursingReport, which includedeight recommendations to transformthe nursing profession. Recommendation 6 calls for the profession to ensure


nurses engage in lifelong learning, and to accom- plish this goala diverse collective of groups should collaborate—including accrediting bodies, schools of nursing, healthcare organizations and continuing competency educators. “In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environ-


ment, nurses cannot go to nursing school and call it a day as far as education [is concerned],” said Sue Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior adviser for nursing at the RobertWood Johnson Foundation, Princeton,N.J. “They need to continue their education and clinical competency, especially since nurses are neededwho can practice not only in the acute care setting, but across the entirecontinuum ofcare.” While this recommendationmay not have specific


percentages to gauge progress like other recommen- dations, there are clear signs that the IOM report is motivating organizations to prioritize learning for em- ployeeswho are in various stages of the educational process, Hassmiller said.


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