Assignment Task:
Review "The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity," and explore the "Campaign for Action: State Action Coalition" website, both located in the topic Resources. In a 1,000-1,250-word paper, discuss the influence "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" and state-based action coalitions have had on nursing practice, nursing education, and nursing workforce development, and how they continue to advance the goals for the nursing profession.
Include the following:
1. Describe the work of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that led to the report, "The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity."
2. Explain the trend occurring in the nursing workforce and how nursing education is adapting to meet the evolving needs of the profession. What is the role of the nurse in leading change?
3. Discuss the role of state-based action coalitions. Explain how these coalitions help advance the goals specified in the National Academy of Sciences report, "The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity."
4. Research the initiatives on which your state's action coalition is working. Summarize two initiatives spearheaded by your state's action coalition. Discuss the ways these initiatives advance the nursing profession.
5. Describe barriers to advancement that currently exist in your state and explain how nursing advocates in your state overcome these barriers.
You are required to cite a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years, appropriate for the assignment criteria, and relevant to nursing practice.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.