You are now viewing 31 - 40 of 149 results
November 20, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers interviewed 30 nurse managers at six medical centers to elicit signature individual and organizational factors that encourage engagement among nurse managers, that is, job longevity and excellence in job performance.
April 11, 2008 | Program Result
The Society of General Internal Medicine surveyed practicing physicians and developed a model of job satisfaction by refining an existing model, designed a survey instrument, and carried out a national survey.
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
A multifaceted approach rooted in four themes (Patient-Centered Care; Care Team Vitality; Reduction of Waste; Safety and Reliability) lends itself to participating hospitals developing a set of measures to gauge progress.
December 19, 2007 | Story
The goal of this study was to examine the first work settings of 3,266 newly licensed RNs from 35 states who received their first nursing licenses between August 1, 2004 and July 31, 2005.
February 13, 2007 | Story
The hospital is one of 10 participating in Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB) (a program supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)).
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study analyzes comments from newly registered nurses about their first jobs and discovers that much could be done to reduce turnover and improve these young nurses' experiences.
November 12, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Twelve-hour nursing shifts cause higher levels of burnout and negatively affect patient care, according to a study published this month in Health Affairs.
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
As nurse workloads increase, nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction become greater factors in the voluntary turnover that leads to understaffing of hospitals. Healthcare consumers rank this understaffing as a major threat to patient safety. As a cont ...
September 1, 2007 | Journal Article
A Better Understanding of Newly Licensed RN's and Their Employment Patterns is Crucial to Reducing Turnover Rates
October 21, 2009 | Program Result
RWJF has supported the publication, updating and distribution of On Doctoring, a literature anthology including essays, short stories, poems, memoirs and commentary that emphasize the human dimension and the mission of medical care.