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Join us on Tuesday, November 30, 2010, beginning at 9:30 a.m. for the webcast of the “National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing” sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as we watch and then discuss the proceedings of this important event telecast from Washington, DC. We will gather in the Toyota Auditorium of the Howard Baker Center for Public Policy, 1640 Cumberland Ave. on the UT Campus. The meeting will be an opportunity to discuss the implications of the recommendations with other leaders from the E. TN region about the future role of nurses in the health care delivery system in America. From 10 a.m. – 2:45 p.m., we will join others from across the country as we hear from Donna Shalala, Linda Burnes Bolton, Harvey Fineberg, and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey (key leaders from the Institute of Medicine and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) as they speak at the National Summit on Advancing Health through Nursing. At 2:45, we will then have our own discussion about what we have heard led by Dr. Carole Myers, UT Baker Fellow and associate professor in the UT College of Nursing. SIGN UP TODAY! WHEN: November 30, 2010 – 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Lunch on your own – numerous options on Cumberland Avenue) WHERE: Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, 1640 Cumberland Ave. (suggest $5 conference rate parking in the University Center garage) HOW: RSVP to [log in to unmask] NO LATER THAN Monday, Nov. 29 so we can have an approximate count of participants For more information on this program, visit the website www.thefutureofnursing.org