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November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This study represented 11 local health departments (LHDs) as groups of networks employees, tasks, and knowledge were points, or nodes within each network LHDs that appear structurally distinct likely share patterns of interactions among their organizational elements.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article provides evidence that some significant differences exist between RNs who are second-degree baccalaureate graduates (SDGs) and RNs who are traditional baccalaureate graduates (TBGs) and where future research can contribute to better understanding each group's impact on the RN workforce.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Using data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the authors of this study examined how two subsystems of high-performance work practices, staff motivation and frontline empowerment, affected job satisfaction among frontline health workers and perceived quality of care at their institutions.
March 20, 2009 | Journal Article
This article is part of a special issue on obesity in the March 2009 edition of The Milbank Quarterly, available free of charge throughout 2009 at Wiley-Blackwell.
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, 2006 | Journal Article
Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals providing direct patient care in hospitals, and the quality of care for hospital patients is strongly linked to the performance of nursing staff, according to an Institute of Medicine report. ...
January 1, 2005 | Issue Brief
Partnerships among Governments, Schools, and Employers Are Getting Results.
February 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
Issue 1 of the Charting Nursing’s Future series shows how state nursing workforce centers collect and assess data needed for policy change.
June 12, 2009 | Journal Article
A Critical Element for Health Reform
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The July 2009, Part 1, issue of Charting Nursing's Future addresses the quality and safety gap.