AARP, RWJF, Labor Department Seek Solutions to Nursing and Nurse Faculty Shortage
June 26, 2008 | News Release
State teams convene to address nurse education capacity.
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Academic Nursing Centers
February 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Currently, the community of academic nursing centers finds itself in an age of both uncertainty and opportunity. In this article Sara Barger, Dean and Professor at the University of Alabama, Capstone College of Nursing and RWJF Executive Nurse Fello ...
A Chance Encounter Launches a Second Career as a Nurse
June 1, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
I left the building to breathe and had scarcely been outside for more than a moment when someone had come to retrieve me, saying the young woman and her mother had asked for me. It seemed even the air had changed since I had left a moment before. Th ...
Addressing the Complexities of Survey Research
January 1, 2009 | Book
This chapter of "Nursing Policy Research: Turning Evidence-Based Research into Health Policy" reviews the conceptual and practical issues related to conducting surveys, including development of the research topic and survey questions, maximizing data collection, and coping with common problems.
Afghan Refugee Takes Long, Arduous Path to the Nursing Career She Loves
March 22, 2012 | Story
RWJF Scholar escaped Taliban as a child and overcame oppression, misogyny and deep poverty before coming to U.S. and earning bachelor's degree in nursing.
Alabama Program Teaches Cosmetologists and College Students to Conduct Community-Based Health Outreach
October 1, 2004 | Program Result
Faculty in the Department of Nursing at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., trained cosmetologists and others to deliver community-based health education and screening services.
Alliances Between Academic Health Centers and Historically Black Colleges and Universities Address Disparities
October 22, 2010 | Program Result
The Sullivan Alliance to Transform the Health Professions fostered formal relationships between historically Black colleges and universities and health professions schools with few minority students.
A Model for Addressing the Nursing Shortage in Oregon
June 24, 2012 | Program Result
From 2008 through 2011, the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education led an effort to evaluate a new approach to nursing education, designed to address a nursing shortage and changing health care needs.
A Model for Transforming Nursing Education
August 23, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
By Lori Melichar, Ph.D., M.A. Senior Program Officer, Research and Evaluation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation I recently attended a National League for Nursing meeting of top nursing researchers, educators and leaders. Among the purposes of the meet ...
A New Dawn in Nurse Education
August 29, 2012 | Story
Innovations in nurse education are sprouting up all over the country, nurse experts say.