American Nurses Foundation Reimagining Nursing (RN) Initiative
The 4.3 million nurses working in the U.S. are well positioned to drive transformation that improves access to health care and creates better outcomes for all.
The American Nurses Foundation Reimagining Nursing (RN) Initiative announced the 10 nurse-led projects selected to drive healthcare transformation across the U.S. Each selected project will receive up to $1.5M over three years to change long-standing practices that leave nurses under-developed, under-utilized, and under-appreciated.
The American Nurses Foundation is confident that these projects will create large-scale, replicable change. For example, one project makes it easier to pay for home-based, nurse-led primary care for people living with dementia. In another, artificial intelligence analyzes nurse knowledge and observations to drive care team decisions and improve patient outcomes.
Explore all projects on the RN Initiative webpage.
The American Nurses Foundation is supporting these nurse-led ideas and scaling projects that work to help nurses realize their full potential—giving them the tools, resources, and power to improve their profession and health care for generations to come.
The RN Initiative focuses on three priority areas for innovation that present unique opportunities
for large-scale, replicable change. Focusing on these areas can enable nurses with cutting-edge
knowledge and tools and improved environments and systems to deliver equitable, exemplary care
to their patients:
• Practice-Ready Nurse Graduates pilots will prepare newly graduated nurses to immediately succeed in and contribute to a variety of settings where patients need care;
• Technology-Enabled Nursing Practice pilots will support the design and implementation of technology-based tactics and tools that enhance the practice of nursing; and,
• Direct-Reimbursement Nursing Model pilots will expand nursing practice and elevate the value of nursing through direct reimbursement for nursing care delivery, management, and coordination outcomes. Colorado APRNs are invited to participate in this effort.
By 2025, each pilot will deliver evidence that demonstrates how their solution improves nursing.
They will also provide resources and tools that enable their solution to be widely adopted within the
profession. The RN Initiative’s goal is to support the successful pilots and scale them more broadly,
transforming the initial pilots into a reimagined health care system that puts nurses at the center.
For more information on the Reimagining Nursing Initiative, visit the website or contact American Nurses Foundation staff at [email protected].
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