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September 7, 2010 | Report
The Better Jobs, Better Care demonstration provided grants and technical assistance to coalitions of providers, workers, consumers, and policy makers to improve the quality of jobs of long-term care (LTC) direct care workers (DCWs), improve recruitment and retention, and strengthen capacity to meet future demand.
December 9, 2011 | Program Result
A progress report on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars, a program that aims to create the next generation of national leaders in academic nursing through career-development awards to outstanding junior faculty.
January 20, 2011 | Commentary
The historical pattern of nursing education needs to be altered in order to have enough nursing faculty, advanced practice registered nurses and nurse leaders for tomorrow.
May 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This research highlight suggests that policy changes that result in better management, better orientations and a decrease in the amount of stressful work may improve the retention of new RNs in hospitals.
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.
April 25, 2011 | Program Result
"We made sure we developed both centralized and individualized curricula that addressed the needs expressed by each participating site" in the Vermont Better Jobs, Better Care project, said the project director.
April 25, 2011 | Program Result
The lead agency for the 40-member Pennsylvania coalition for the Better Jobs Better Care project divided the state into five regions in order to provide a local focus on long-term care worker issues in the large state.
April 25, 2011 | Program Result
The Iowa Better Jobs, Better Care project involved a 20-member coalition and 13 long-term-care nursing facilities and home care agencies in developing, implementing and evaluating the practice interventions.
March 25, 2009 | Report
Case Studies of Top Performing Organizations
April 5, 2011 | Report
This evaluation report highlights results of the qualitative study of the RWJF Community Health Leaders (CHL) program, by specifically looking at nine San Francisco Bay area recipients. The report analyzed the influential forces and defining events that shaped CHLs' path to leadership.