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Texas Team: Academic Progression and IOM Toolkit
Helen Reid1, Kathryn Tart, Mari Tietze
1About the Authors Helen Reid, EdD, RN, CNE, FAADN, is provost, Trinity Valley Community College Health Science Center, Kaufman, Texas. Kathryn Tart, EdD, RN, is founding dean and professor, University of Houston School of Nursing, Sugar Land, Texas. Mari Tietze, PhD, RN-BC, FHIMSS, is a professor, Doswell Endowed Chair in Nursing Informatics, and program director, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Interprofessional Informatics, Texas Woman's University T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences, Dallas Center. Nitha Mathew Joseph, PhD, RN, is an assistant professor and National Jonas Nursing Leader Scholar Alumna, University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing at Houston. Carson Easley, MS, RN, is director of nursing, Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD, Houston, Texas. The project in Part I was supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Dr. Reid and Dr. Tart authored Part I of this article. The project in Part II was supported by a grant from the National Student Nurses Association Foundation; Dr. Mathew Joseph, Dr. Tietze, Ms. Easley, and Dr. Reid authored Part II of this article. For more information, contact Dr. Reid at hreid@tvcc.edu.
Background:
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Future of Nursing report, identified eight recommendations for nursing to improve health care for all Americans.
Aim:
The Texas Team for Advancing Health Through Nursing embraced the challenge of implementing the recommendations through two diverse projects.
Method:
One group conducted a broad, online survey of leadership, practice, and academia, focusing on the IOM recommendations. The other focused specifically on academic progression through the use of CABNET (Consortium for Advancing Baccalaureate Nursing Education in Texas) articulation agreements.
Results:
The survey revealed a lack of knowledge and understanding of the IOM recommendations, prompting development of an online IOM toolkit. The articulation agreements provide a clear pathway for students to the RN-to-BSN degree students.
Conclusion:
The toolkit and articulation agreements provide rich resources for implementation of the IOM recommendations.

