October 15, 2004
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Program Result
Texas A& M University oversaw a consortium of health care interests that developed a predictive model to identify future nursing care needs and helped initiate improvements in the nursing education system, including an online nursing curriculum.
February 22, 2009
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News Release
99,000 qualified applicants turned away from nursing schools in 2008, despite critical shortage.
July 1, 2003
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Program Result
The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston changed is curriculum to increase the number of generalist graduates overall and the number who ultimately practice in rural and underserved communities.
July 1, 1999
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Program Result
In 1993 and 1997, Texas Ladders in Nursing Careers (L.I.N.C.) worked to recruit students on a community-by-community basis, rather than an institution-by-institution basis.
November 1, 2009
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Journal Article
Seton Family of Hospital's TCAB spread leaders believe the units most likely to adopt the TCAB program successfully demonstrate: strong engagement by unit leadership in the process at least one TCAB champion on the unit and a method to regularly share information about the process.
March 1, 2000
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Program Result
The Texas Department of Health established an initiative to build upon the state's primary health care program that funds selected sites that are providing primary and preventive care to low-income uninsured persons.
May 10, 2006
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Story
UPMC Shadyside implemented a clinical design initiative to change both the patient experience and the caregivers' work environment for the better.
July 31, 2008
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Story
When nurse leaders in Texas sought to address a shortage of nursing professors, they presented a stark reality to their Legislature. A 2007 study published by the Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies revealed that nurses in academia earned $52 ...