Looking to the Future

During this session the audiences is presented with both:

Sustaining Momentum: Opportunities and Challenges  
as well as: 

Educating the Future Nursing Workforce: Opportunities and Challenges
both presentation are provided in the pdf attached at the bottom on the page. 

Session Overview:
Speakers will discuss the major opportunities and challenges of both sustaining momentum for all of the accomplishments already achieved by the programs and the forthcoming work of educating the future nursing workforce.

Session Objectives:

1. Describe and discuss major accomplishments and the impact of NCIN program from the perspective of RWJF, and opportunities for sustaining these accomplishments.
2. Describe opportunities and challenges for educating the future nursing workforce from the perspective of AACN.

David Krol, MD, MPH, FAAP
Senior Program Officer, Human Capital Team
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

A recognized leader in children’s oral health advocacy, David Krol has provided pediatric primary care to the underserved in Connecticut, New York and Ohio, testified before federal, state and local legislative bodies on behalf of children, and published in scientific journals such as Pediatrics, Advances in Pediatrics, Pediatrics in Review and others on topics as diverse as children’s oral health, health workforce policy, medical errors and labor pain management. He has held leadership positions in the American Academy of Pediatrics and has received numerous awards including being selected as a Pediatric Leader of the 21st Century by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Johnson & Johnson Pediatric Institute.


Deborah Trautman, PhD, RN
CEO, Program Director, New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program
American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Deborah Trautman assumed the role of chief executive officer of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) on June 16, 2014. At AACN, she oversees all of the strategic initiatives, signature programming and advocacy efforts led by the organization known as the national voice for baccalaureate and graduate nursing education.

Formerly the executive director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Transformation at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Trautman has held clinical and administrative leadership positions at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. She also served as the vice president of Patient Care Services for Howard County General Hospital, part of the Johns Hopkins Health System; and as director of Nursing for Emergency Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She also held a joint appointment at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.