Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses (Nov. 4, 2003), report brief from the Institute of Medicine. See also the press release, which provides more detail. Report recommendations include limiting the number of hours worked per day and shifting some non-clinical tasks to other workers, in order to reduce errors and increase patient safety.

Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality (April 8, 2003), Institute of Medicine's pre-publication summary of its report on recommended competencies and changes in health professions education in order to implement the practice recommendations set forth in Crossing the Quality Chasm

American Nurses Association Summary of Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality.