Future of Nursing National Research Agenda Announces Four New Grantees
June 11, 2013 | Story
Primary care workforce study nears completion; new grantees will examine scope of practice regulations, nurse residency programs.
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Human Capital News Roundup: Oregon’s Medicaid system, ‘healthy’ fast food restaurants, primary care workforce innovation, and more.
May 16, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Around the country, print, broadcast and online media outlets are covering the groundbreaking work of RWJF leaders, scholars, fellows, alumni and grantees.
New Studies Examine Primary Care Physician Shortage
January 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Two newly published studies examining different aspects of physician workforce trends suggest that the long-expected shortfall in primary care physicians could be averted or lessened.
Reinventing Primary Care
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
RWJF scholars, fellow and alumni featured in Health Affairs May issue, which is devoted to America's primary care system.
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.
Outpatient Satisfaction
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
How doctors present information, and whether their clients realize the information was presented, are more important to patient satisfaction than what specific content a doctor relays, according to this novel study comparing how parents and trained observers perceived the doctors' communications during pediatric visits.
The Benefits and Challenges of Multisite Studies
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Multisite studies provide large, diverse samples with sufficient statistical power to detect significant associations between nursing systems, care processes and outcomes. In this article, the researchers provide the example of six lessons learned from a nursing-led multisite study on non-intercepted medication errors in 14 acute care hospitals.
Press Releases by Academic Medical Centers
May 5, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the quality of press releases from medical centers that conduct medical research. Since press releases are an important source of information for reporters, their quality may impact the quality of news coverage of health and science.
Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative
National Program
To support interdisciplinary studies that address critical knowledge gaps regarding causal linkages between nursing and health care quality and to synthesize, translate, and disseminate major findings to key stakeholders.
Linkages between Nursing and the Quality of Patient Care
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
An expansive body of literature reflects the state of the science—and the increased importance of INQRI’s goal to measure and enhance nursing’s contribution to the quality of patient care.