The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 - Online Course

The National Academy of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, challenges nursing leaders and other stakeholders both within and outside of health care to prioritize addressing the structural inequities that have fueled persistent health disparities. The report lays out a series of recommendations to help our nation meet the need for a stronger, more diversified nursing workforce that is prepared to provide care and promote health and well-being among nurses, individuals, and communities. Dr. Susan B. Hassmiller, who served as the senior scholar in residence and adviser to the president on nursing at the National Academy of Medicine, will describe the key takeaways from the report and discuss how nurses and nursing students can help to advance the report recommendations.

This course will retire after 20th September 2024.

Learning Outcomes
After participating in this course, learners will be able to:

• Identify the four key takeaways of the National Academy of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity
• Explain why it is necessary to adequately acknowledge, confront, and dismantle all systems of structural racism – including within nursing – to advance health equity
• Describe two actions that you can take to advance the report recommendations

Speaker Bio:

Susan B. Hassmiller, RN, PhD, FAAN, is serving as the Senior Scholar-In-Residence and Senior Adviser to the President on Nursing at the National Academy of Medicine from January 2019 through August 2021. In this role, she serves as a key member of the leadership team for the report, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, set for release in May 2021. She is also the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Senior Adviser for Nursing, and in partnership with AARP, she directs the Foundation’s Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action. This national initiative advances the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Hassmiller served as the report’s study director.

Hassmiller has worked in public health settings at the local, state and national levels, including the Health Resources and Services Administration. She taught community health nursing at the University of Nebraska and George Mason University.

Hassmiller is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and sits on other advisory committees and boards, including the Hackensack Meridian Health System, UnitedHealth, Carrier Clinic, Nurses Everywhere, and the American Red Cross. She is the recipient of many awards and four honorary doctorates, but most notably the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest international honor given to a nurse by the International Committee of the Red Cross.