No Turning Back

The Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing Report precipitated wide discussion and some confusion among health care stakeholders. Organized medicine sought clarification from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which provided that clarification in the form of a series of conversations with organized nursing. The Dialogue on Interprofessional Collaboration resulted in lessons learned for the nursing profession. These “lessons” can be used to inform strategy for articulating the role of advanced practice nursing so as to increase access to care for patients in this nation.