The Challenge:

Two-thirds of the nation’s nurses work in hospitals.

Current hospital-based outcome measures don’t capture nursing’s impact on patients and families.

The public and policy decision-makers can’t see nursing’s value and its return on investment (ROI).

The Solution:

Our nine domains of nursing practice fully describe what nurses do and what patients and families can expect to receive from nurses while in the hospital.

We link each of these nine domains to measurable patient and family outcomes.

Our Blueprint for Change focuses on what patients and families say are important to them: feeling safe, well-cared-for, and ready for self-care