0:55 The report is from the National Academy of Medicine and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "The report is really important because it's going to direct everyone who has anything to do with nursing and nurses of where they need to be focusing their efforts in the next 10 years," explains UC College of Nursing Dean Greer Glazer, Ph.D. "The issue is this: compared to other developed countries, the United States has the highest poverty rates, the greatest income inequality and some of the poorest health outcomes." At nearly 4 million, nurses make up the largest portion of the health care profession, Glazer says.