Abstract
The era of health care reform offers many possibilities for transforming our health care system and improving the health and well-being of our nation’s children. As noted in the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health by the Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2010), the nursing profession must lead the way if we are to transform the U.S. health care system. Nurses have expertise in advancing the health of populations, enhancing patients’ health care experiences, and controlling costs. Often the type of health care needed by people is actually advanced nursing care, not medical care. For this reason, one of the key messages of the IOM report is that nurses should be equal partners with physicians and others in the redesign of American health care. Sadly, I still see far too few pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs) and other pediatric advanced practice nurses (APNs) in the boardrooms of children’s hospitals, clinics, health systems, and governmental agencies. As I begin my term as NAPNAP’s president, I take seri-
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