Many individuals and organizations made important contributions to the study committee's process and to this report. The committee wishes to thank these individuals, but recognizes that attempts to identify all of them and to acknowledge their contributions would require more space than is available in this brief section.

To begin, the committee would like to thank the sponsor of this study; funds for the committee's work were provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The committee also gratefully acknowledges the contributions of the many individuals and organizations that assisted in the conduct of the study. Their perspectives were valuable in understanding the work undertaken to implement the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. The committee thanks those individuals who provided important presentations and oral testimony at its open workshops. Appendix A lists these individuals and their affiliations. Written testimony received from nearly 100 individuals and organizations also helped the committee understand the status of implementation of the recommendations. The committee is grateful for the time, effort, and valuable information provided by all of these dedicated individuals and organizations. We are immensely grateful for the organizations that provided the committee with data and other inputs: the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the Center to Champion Nursing in America (CCNA), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), the National League for Nursing (NLN), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and TCC Group.

Finally, many within the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine were helpful to the study staff. We would like to thank Clyde Behney, Laura DeStefano, Chelsea Frakes, Greta Gorman, Nicole Joy, Ellen Kimmel, Fariha Mahmud, Rebecca Morgan, Bettina Ritter, Jennifer Walsh, and Colleen Willis for their invaluable assistance.