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January 1, 2004 | Book
Linda Aiken then addresses the role of nursing in providing quality health care, the impending gap between the need for nurses and the supply, the various ways that hospitals and other health organizations are reducing nurse staffing and increasing ...
January 1, 2001 | Book
The Workers' Compensation Health Initiative supported demonstration and evaluation projects that tested new models to contain costs and to improve the quality of health care received through workers' compensation programs. The program provided funding to state government agencies, employers, labor unions, insurers, health care providers and researchers who sought to launch and assess promising changes in the way medical care is delivered through workers' compensation programs.
January 1, 1999 | Book
This chapter of the Anthology presents the findings from a Foundation-funded survey to explore alcohol use and performance problems in the workplace.
January 17, 2010 | Book/Story
Dr. Shalala shares her vision for transforming healthcare and the nursing profession.
December 20, 2009 | Book
Pay for performance is gaining currency with payers, policy-makers and others. But nursing has been largely ignored.
January 1, 2009 | Book
Nurse researchers share their knowledge and expertise on the connection between research and policy change.
January 1, 2009 | Book
Paul Brodeur, a freelance journalist and frequent contributor to the Anthology series, concludes, although initiatives such as the Dental Pipeline Program can have a beneficial effect, the problem of poor oral health is so severe and the disparities so extensive that it will require a large infusion of public and private capital to have a significant impact.
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.
March 30, 2002 | Book
In this summary report proceedings from the 2002 National Invitational Conference for Executive Nurse Leaders are presented. The conference addressed the challenges and opportunities that face executive nurses in the current health care environment. ...