Last September, the National League for Nursing (NLN) announced a new partnership with Laerdal to help transform the standard of resuscitation care for cardiac arrest. Together with Laerdal, the American Heart Association, and RQI Partners, the NLN made a commitment to support RQI adoption by nursing programs at institutions of higher education—with the potential of reaching the more than 150,000 students who graduate annually from nursing and allied health education programs at U.S. colleges and universities, equipping them with the skills to deliver lifesaving intervention and improve patient outcomes.
Today, more than 2,400 hospitals and 2 million nurses participate in the RQI program. More significantly, it is estimated that 20,000 lives have been saved. IUSON BL now joins the growing list of organizations that are preparing this and future generations of nurses to maximize lifesaving resuscitation competence to help save more lives.
“In 2006, the Indiana University School of Nursing was the first institution in the country to be designated an NLN Center for Excellence for creating, promoting and maintaining an environment rooted in the teaching expertise of faculty and staff, and then in 2012, for advancing the science of nursing education,” said Dr. Beverly Malone, National League for Nursing president and CEO.
“Embracing the RQI program demonstrates why the school continues to hold this distinction today. Together, through this groundbreaking, game-changing opportunity, we are ushering in a new era in healthcare education and resuscitation preparedness. We are delighted that IUSON has joined us on this journey.”