What were the key recommendations of the IOM report?
The IOM report provided several recommendations, including:
1. Increasing the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020. 2. Doubling the number of nurses with a doctorate. 3. Ensuring that nurses engage in lifelong learning. 4. Enabling nurses to practice to the full extent of their education and training. 5. Implementing nurse residency programs. 6. Preparing and enabling nurses to lead change to advance health. 7. Building an infrastructure for the collection and analysis of interprofessional healthcare workforce data.
