The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Role In Nursing Education, Nursing Practice And Nursing Workforce Development?

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), a philanthropy organization, has been involved in health matters facing Americans for over 40 years with focus to child and family wellbeing, health coverage, health leadership and workforce, health systems improvements and healthy weight. Since its inception in 1972, RWJF support has grown and is now the largest philanthropy body devoted exclusively to health in the nation (RWJF, 2015). In this paper, the author discusses the RWJF Committee initiatives and their effect on nursing education, nursing practice and nursing workforce development, the role of action based coalition and expound on the state of Oklahoma Campaign team report.

In 2008, RWJF and Institute of Medicine (IOM) launched an initiative mandated to assess and transform

The nurses would perform as per their training, access the direct reimbursement for services offered thus more would be able to access care. The change would see more nurses take up leadership roles and participate in decision making. Being at the center of practice, the nurse would be the best placed to identify and effectively implement innovations on patient-centered care. Once implemented, the nurse residency programs would access funding harness the transition from training to practice.

The effects on nursing education includes a growth in the number of higher cadre of nurses equipped with leadership and community health skills and knowledge. Institutions with higher trained nurses have recorded less mortality rate (AACN, 2014). The growth in number of nurses would positively impact on the nursing shortage thus leading to improvement on care outcome (AACN, 2014). The training institution require nurses at doctorate level thus the initiative to double the existing number will assist the institution prepare adequately for the growing number of students (IOM,