IOM Paper

Common Mistakes I see on this paper are

 

1. Using summaries and reviews written by other authors rather than using the actual IOM report and viewing each section, or viewing the IOM's summaries of it's report.

2. Forgetting to include information on how the IOM report will or has impacted one's practice. This is worth a high percentage of points

3. Not formatting the paper in APA, citing sources or using current sources like those supplied in our course resources for the week (since I am supplying a template APA should be flawless)

4. Going over the allowed length (papers that are over the criteria for length will be returned for revision)

5. Including background information, losing focus - remember the goal is to discuss the recommendations for education, practice, leadership and discuss how they can be achieved.

6. Ineffective introduction, too long, does not introduce the topic briefly, does not include a summary of what the paper will cover

 

LINKS TO THE IOM REPORT AND IOM SUMMARIES OF THE REPORT (These should be your main references for the report, don’t use a summary written about the report, use the IOMs summaries)

 

Download whole report as guest

 

Report Brief

 

Summary of Report on Education

 

Summary of Report on Practice

 

Summary of recommendations

 

Great infograph that highlights IOM recommendations.   Here is the link .   This link  gives an outline of the IOM's recommendations. Both offer an option that provides quick access to needed information in a brief and easy to follow format.  Hope these are helpful.

 

How to Reference and Cite the IOM Report

 

IOM will each have the same author (the Institute of Medicine is the author) and year you will differentiate them by adding a small case letter after the year of publication in both your reference and citation. The reference would be listed in alphabetical order using the title.  I have posted examples below.

 

Institute of Medicine [IOM]. (2010). Future of nursing: Focus on education. Retrieved from www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing/Nursing%20Education%202010%20Brief.pdf