Impact of the IOM Report

The paper will highlight the significant influence of IOM in nursing education, practice, and leadership. The effect of the report on nursing education. One of the significant advocations of the IOM is that nurses should achieve the maximum level of education and training through a newly adopted education system that encourages education progression. The initial proposal targets are an increase in the numbers of nurses with Bachelors and Ph. Ds. The nursing education adopted from the IOM proposal has rectified previous errors in teaching increasing the level of accuracy in nurses when handling patients. IOM influenced the nursing education to adopt a system that is technically oriented due to the increasing demand of application of technology in the healthcare system (Ostrogorsky & Raber, 2014).

The impact of the report on nursing practice The report greatly influenced nursing practice in the US. One of the proposals was to permit registered nurses to put into practice the knowledge acquired in the nursing education and training enabling to attain the demand of the healthcare system (Schroeder, 2013). However, today this is the key cause of conflict in the medical health society today because of strict laws exercised in a healthcare system that prevent nurses from utilizing their knowledge and skills in the healthcare system. Adopting software and technological features in the health care that will solve such issues will help me in meeting the goals of the IOM report. The effects of the report on the nurse’s role as a leader.