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March 12, 2013 | Issue Brief/Infographic
A steady job in safe working conditions can provide numerous benefits critical to maintaining proper health. On the flip side, job loss and unemployment is associated with a variety of negative health effects.
July 29, 2009 | Issue Brief/Story
Research identifies strategies to retain experienced nurses as nursing shortage looms and nation's health care needs grow.
May 16, 2012 | Issue Brief
Health wellness programs will be expanded under the Affordable Care Act to give employers the ability to reward employees who meet health goals, and require those who do not to pay more for health coverage.
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Implementing the IOM Future of Nursing Report–Part II
September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The conditions in the communities where Americans live, learn, work and play also play an important role in people's ability to make those healthy choices.
August 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
The August 2011 issue of Charting Nursing's Future focuses on how to dramatically increase the formal education of America's nursing workforce by 2020.
January 1, 2011 | Issue Brief/Evaluation
Jobs to Careers: Promoting Work-Based Learning for Quality Care is an initiative that seeks to advance and reward the skill and career development of low-wage incumbent workers providing care and services on the front lines of our health and health care systems. The project is a $15.8-million national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in collaboration with The Hitachi Foundation and the Department of Labor.
January 1, 2011 | Issue Brief/Evaluation
The brief summarizes FLWs perceptions of the impact that the Jobs to Careers programs had on their work lives, education, career advancement potential.
January 1, 2011 | Issue Brief/Evaluation
The brief describes the Jobs to Careers work-based learning model of education and career advancement, identifies the key issues for employers, and illustrates the business case for this type of employer investment.
November 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
The impact of the built environment on patient outcomes and the role of nurses in designing health care facilities.