It has become increasingly apparent that solutions to our health and health care challenges require a collaborative teamwork approach that is interdisciplinary and interprofessional.
Moreover, it is increasingly clear that although we havemade great strides forward in scientific
research, we have been less successful in translating this research into health and health care improvements. As highlighted by the state of the science briefs, nurses and nurse scientists will play increasingly important roles in the coordination of interdisciplinary and interprofessional teams both in research and in health care practice.In addition,wemust redouble our efforts to accelerate the translation of research advances into health and health
care improvements. This means we must embrace every opportunity to provide leadership in translational initiatives and to encourage collaboration and partnership.