A nurse is presenting information regarding the various reports from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and their implications for public health to a group of students. At the end of the presentation, the nurse asks the students to name the IOM report that focuses on nursing's role in health care. Which response from the students would indicate to the nurse that the teaching has been successful?

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There are several publications regarding public health that have been conceived by the Institute of Medicine. The one publication relevant to nursing and nursing education is The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which expresses the importance of nursing's role in achieving the vision for health care in PPACA and recommends strategies to improve nursing education, provides opportunities for leadership, and allows the scope of nursing practice to match nurses' education and training. The Future of Public's Health in the 21st century calls for expanding the responsibilities of the public health system beyond governmental agencies to include private and nongovernmental entities. For the Public's Health: Investing in a Healthier Future noted the need for additional focus on population-based prevention and federal spending on public health to be doubled. To Err is Human focuses on the extent of deaths due to medical errors in hospitals and calls for increased education about systems that promote safety, mandatory reporting of medical errors, and development of safety standards.

A Nurse Is Presenting Information Regarding the Various Reports from the Institute