Nursing Practice Environment and Registered Nurses' Job Satisfaction in Nursing Homes
September 9, 2011 | Journal Article
A supportive practice environment is positively associated with RN job satisfaction in New Jersey nursing homes.
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Nurses Are Key to Improving Patient Safety
April 28, 2011 | Story
The Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing report points the way toward more nurse leadership and system-wide culture change, which can help reduce medical errors.
Registered Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes in Hospitals
May 1, 2003 | Commentary
A Commentary
An Increase in the Number of Nurses With Baccalaureate Degrees is Linked to Lower Rates of Postsurgery Mortality
March 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Researchers found that a 10-point increase in the percentage of nurses holding a baccalaureate degree in nursing within a hospital was associated with an average reduction of 2.12 deaths for every 1,000 patients.
The Working Hours of Hospital Staff Nurses and Patient Safety
July 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The use of extended work shifts and overtime has escalated as hospitals copewith a shortage of registered nurses (RNs). Little is known, however, about the prevalence of these extended work periods and their effects on patient safety. Logbooks compl ...
Failure to Rescue: Needless Deaths are Prime Examples of the Need for More Nurses at the Bedside
December 31, 2002 | Journal Article
Needless Deaths are Prime Examples of the Need for More Nurses at the Bedside
Educational Levels of Hospital Nurses and Surgical Patient Mortality
September 24, 2003 | Journal Article
This study tested whether hospitals with higher proportions of direct-care RNs with BSNs or higher degrees have lower risk-adjusted mortality rates and lower rates of deaths among patients with serious complications.
Hospital Restructuring
October 1, 2000 | Journal Article
Does it Adversely Affect Care and Outcomes?
Long Hours for Nurses Lead to Patient Safety Issues
February 22, 2005 | Story
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine asked 393 hospital-based registered nurses to track their working hours along with the number of errors or near errors they made on each shift. The results of that work, partially fu ...
Pilot Program Trains Certified Home Health Aides to Provide Nursing Care to Patients at Home
October 4, 2011 | Program Result Report
Under the state of New Jersey's Nurse Delegation Pilot Program, registered nurses delegated specific health care tasks performed in the homes of some Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities or chronic conditions to certified home health aides.