The Future of Nursing

By: The National Academy of Medicine & The National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
  • Summary

  • The United States has some of the poorest health outcomes. Health disparities run deep, leaving many people without equal opportunity or access to care. As long-time advocates for health equity, nurses are in unique positions to address the root causes of poor health, reduce health disparities, and improve the health and well-being of the nation. In this 8-part series from the National Academy of Medicine, we explore practical strategies for the nursing profession to advance health equity. We’ll hear stories and experiences of frontline nurses and other health experts from a wide range of settings. These strategies reflect the recommendations from the report The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. If you’re a nurse, involved in any health sector, or want to know how to create a better future for all Americans through improved health outcomes, this podcast is for you.
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Episodes
  • The Goal for 2030
    Oct 19 2021

    There is no time to waste to begin implementing strategies that empower nurses to address health inequities. Because for too long, health inequities have negatively impacted far too many people in the United States. In this final episode of the Future of Nursing, we explore the goals that can be achieved by 2030, the practical steps that must be taken to move forward on the lessons we’ve learned, and how nurses around the world are stepping up to improve the health and wellbeing of the nation.


    In this episode, we hear from:


    Dr. Emily Jones


    Dr. Roberta Lavin


    Dr. Greer Glazer


    Dr. Mary Wakefield


    Dr. Angie Millan


    Dr. Sue Hassmiller


    Ms. Maureen Bisognano


    Dr. Michael McGinnis


    Dr. Kenya Beard


    Dr. Felesia Bowen


    For more information on this topic, we encourage you to read The Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. You can access the full report here.


    The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the official policies, recommendations, and stances of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

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    22 mins
  • Strengthen and Protect Nurses
    Oct 12 2021

    Nurses have experienced some of the most intense moments in nursing history during the COVID-19 pandemic. They worked to protect the public, often at the risk of their own physical and mental health. Yet, many nurses expressed that they did not feel equipped or trained to respond to this pandemic.


    Nurses are on the frontline of public health emergencies, including pandemics, environmental disasters, and mass casualty events. The nursing workforce must be prepared to respond to these events, and be protected as they respond. In this episode, frontline nurses share about their experiences responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and other public health emergencies, and explore how nurses should be strengthened, prepared, and protected for the next emergency.


    In this episode, we hear from:


    Angela Gray, public health nurse, Nursing Director for Berkeley County and Morgan County Health Departments


    Dr. Michael McGinnis, Leonard D. Schaeffer Executive Officer of the National Academy of Medicine


    Dr. Roberta Lavin, nurse practitioner, Professor and PhD Program Director at The University of New Mexico


    Derek DaSilva, intensive care unit nurse


    Marcus Henderson, psychiatric mental health nurse


    For more information on this topic, we encourage you to read The Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. You can access the full report here.


    The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the official policies, recommendations, and stances of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

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    28 mins
  • Creating a Shared Agenda
    Oct 5 2021

    There are many moving parts in equipping nurses to address health inequities. Therefore, it’s important for all nurses, nursing leaders, and organizations to be on the same page in understanding how health equity should be advanced.


    To advance health equity, nurses and nursing organizations must collaborate to establish an agenda that addresses social determinants of health. In this episode, nursing experts explain why a shared agenda is critical, how nurses and organizations can collaborate with each other to create this agenda, and how nurses can use their voices in nontraditional ways to create solutions that address health inequities.


    In this episode, we hear from:


    Dr. Victoria Tiase, informatics nurse, Director of Research and Science at New York Presbyterian Hospital


    Dr. Martha Dawson, President of the National Black Nurses Association


    Dr. Angie Millan, nurse practitioner, Past President of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses


    Ms. Maureen Bisognano, president emerita and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement


    For more information on this topic, we encourage you to read The Future of Nursing Report 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. You can access the full report here.


    The views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the official policies, recommendations, and stances of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

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    25 mins

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