Karen Donelan, EdM, ScD was a plenary speaker at the 37th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) on November 12, 2010 in Washington, DC. Dr. Donelan's speech "Healthcare Thoughtleaders’ Perspectives on Nursing in an Era of Reform" presented data from a national survey of healthcare thoughtleaders and stakeholders about the influence and visibility of the nurses and nurse leaders in national health policy debates and emphasized the importance of creating a national database and sampling frame of RNs to enhance research capacity about nursing. Dr. Donelan's speech followed keynote presentations by Pennsylvania Govenor Edward G. Rendell and Donna E. Shalala, PhD, Former US Secretary of Health and Human Services and Chair of the RWJF Initiative on the Future of Nursing at the Institute of Medicine.

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Original article from the Mongan Institute for Health Policy