Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action

Initiative on the Future of Nursing

By: Lavizzo-Mourey R
Published: 11/30/2010

Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., M.B.A., president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, opened the National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing on November 30, 2010.

Lavizzo-Mourey’s remarks helped to set the tone of the summit toward the goal of advancing change in the nursing profession and transforming health and health care for all Americans.

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