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Charting Nursing's Future
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Charting Nursing's Future policy briefs focus on nurses and nursing, with the most recent issues in the series addressing recommendations from the Institute of Medicine's landmark Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report.
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Leaders’ Link is a bimonthly e-newsletter featuring the latest news about RWJF scholars, fellows, and alumni, as well as updates about their programs.
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Home Mental Health Care For Gunshot Victims
RWJF Health & Society Scholar Jooyoung Lee advocates home-based mental health care for gunshot victims to recover from the lingering effects of their injuries.
On the RWJF Human Capital Blog
Increasing Life Expectancy Could Undercut Social Security Viability
Americans’ life expectancy is increasing more quickly than official government forecasts, RWJF Health & Society Scholar Samir Soneji finds.
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Practice Change and Culture Change in Implementing Geriatric Care Initiatives
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Recommendations from nurse managers on how to make lasting practice change.
Effects of Nurse Staffing and Nurse Education on Patient Deaths in Hospitals With Different Nurse Work Environments
November 30, 2011 | Journal Article
Nurse staffing improvements have the greatest positive effect in hospitals with the best nurse working environments.
Work Environment Factors Other Than Staffing Associated with Nurses' Ratings of Patient Care Quality
November 2, 2011 | Journal Article
According to a survey of RNs early in their careers, some work environment factors beyond staffing are associated with nurses' ratings of the quality of care received by patients, suggesting managers should consider these specific issues to improve care quality.
Effects of Nursing Practice Environments on Quality Outcomes in Nursing Homes
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A supportive nursing practice environment is associated with fewer pressure ulcers and fewer deficiency citations in this study of New Jersey nursing homes.
The RN Work Project
September 1, 2009 | Report
There is evidence based on anecdotal or small-scale studies that first-time, newly-licensed nurses have the highest turnover rates. Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the RN Work Project aims to better understand these issues by following a nationally representative sample of newly licensed registered nurses during the first years of their careers.
New Nurses
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Programs aimed at increasing nurse retention are important now, before an ease to the recession begins to mitigate a nursing shortage in the future.
Wisdom at Work
March 25, 2009 | Report
Case Studies of Top Performing Organizations
Generational Differences Among Newly Licensed Registered Nurses
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
New RNs enter the profession at a range of ages—and have varied needs from their work environment.
Expanding What We Know about Off-Peak Mortality in Hospitals
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Nurses giving bedside care can help researchers learn how off-peak environments affect their work—and variations in patient mortality rates.
Safe Patient-Handling Program "UPLIFTS" Nurse Retention
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A program that promotes nurse safety also can improve retention of older, more experienced nurses.