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January 1, 1999 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, the authors summarize the results of the evaluation of the Strengthening Hospital Nursing program and present an in-depth report on three of the 20 hospital sites.
January 1, 2005 | Book
The nation's 2.7 million registered nurses make up the single largest part of the health care workforce and are, in many ways, the backbone of the health care system. In this chapter, the author reviews the entire range of the Foundation's nursing programs, beginning with early initiatives to build the new profession of nurse practitioner, and continuing with its programs to improve academic nursing and strengthen hospital nursing.
January 1, 2003 | Book
Formally called the Rural Hospital Program of Extended-Care Services, the goal of this program was to use excess hospital beds in rural areas to deliver long-term care for the frail and disabled.
January 1, 2007 | Book
The most consistent priority of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has been to expand access to medical care for underserved individuals, a disproportionate number of whom live in rural areas. The Foundation has employed a number of approaches to improve health services for people living in rural areas. In this chapter, the award-winning author and frequent Anthology contributor Digby Diehl looks at a program designed to improve access to medical care for people living in some of the nation's most underserved areas?the rural South of the United States.
January 1, 2009 | Book
Nurse researchers share their knowledge and expertise on the connection between research and policy change.
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.
January 1, 2003 | Book
In this chapter, Irene Wielawski, an award-winning journalist, the evaluator of the Foundation's Reach Out program, and a frequent contributor to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Anthology series, examines this ambitious 10-state effort.
January 1, 1999 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology offers the chance to reflect upon grantmaking done by the Foundation largely in the relatively distant past and to consider the lessons to be drawn from more than a quarter century's experience.