The Initiative will hold the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Community Health, Public Health, Primary Care, and Long-Term Care on December 3, 2009, at the Community College of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA. Registration for the meeting is now open.

The meeting will focus on nursing across community health, public health, primary care, and long-term-care settings and will include panels and discussion on technology and patient quality and safety. A draft agenda for the meeting is available below.

Participate from Anywhere

For those unable attend the event in person, other options for participating in the meeting include:

• A live webcast of the meeting will be available via www.thefutureofnursing.org. Comments will be accepted through the webcast interface and shared with the panelists.
• Tweet your comments and observations of the meeting using #IFNphilly. Make sure you’re following the Initiative Twitter feed @FutureofNursing so you don’t miss any behind-the-scenes news from the forum.
• Leave a comment on the Future of Nursing blog.

Invitation to Submit Testimony

The Initiative’s committee is inviting individuals and organizations to help form the forum’s discussion and the committee’s deliberations by submitting written testimony—which might include innovations/models and barriers/opportunities—in the following areas: community health, public health, primary care, and long term care.

You may submit testimony in any or all of the topic areas via the Web or e-mail. All testimony received prior to Monday, November 23, will be considered in the development of the forum discussion.

Future Forums

In the coming months, there will be an opportunity to submit testimony for the upcoming forum on nursing education, which will be held in Houston, Texas, on February 22, 2010. Also, the committee is still accepting testimony related to the October 19 forum on acute care nursing. Submit your testimony online.

More Information

For more information on the Initiative and members of the committee, please visit www.iom.edu/nursing or www.thefutureofnursing.org.

Agenda. Forum on the Future of Nursing: Community Health, Public Health, Primary Care, and Long-Term Care

12:30 p.m. Welcome and Introductions
Donna E. Shalala, University of Miami

1 p.m. Keynote Presentation
Mary Selecky, Washington State Department of Health

1:40 p.m. Panel on Community and Public Health
Panelists TBD

Committee Q & A and Discussion

Pre-Selected Testimony
Six individuals will provide brief testimony on community and public health. These individuals will be selected based on written testimony that is submitted on the Web site.

2:45 p.m. Break

3 p.m. Panel on Primary Care
Tine Hansen-Turton, National Nursing Centers Consortium
Panelist TBD

Committee Q & A and Discussion

Pre-Selected Testimony
Three individuals will provide brief testimony on primary care. These individuals will be selected based on written testimony that is submitted on the Web site.

4 p.m. Panel on Long-Term Care
Claudia Beverly, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences School of Nursing
Dawn Bazarko, UnitedHealth Care

Committee Q & A and Discussion

Pre-Selected Testimony
Three individuals will provide brief testimony on long-term care. These individuals will be selected based on written testimony that is submitted on the Web site.

5 p.m. Open Microphone Listening Session: Vision for the Future of Nursing
Participants in the audience will have an opportunity to make impromptu comments based on what they heard throughout the day and what their vision is for the future of nursing.

5:25 p.m. Closing Remarks
Josef Reum, George Washington University

5:30 p.m. Forum Adjourn