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September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
In this qualitative study, the authors explore how medical and surgical residents perceive and respond to duty-hour rules (DHR) by examining the “local” organizational culture in which their work is embedded.
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Direct care workers who come to work with health issues impact productivity and patient care quality.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Health services research continues to play an important role in providing evidence for policy. Looking forward, however, the workforce needs of the field must be assessed to adequately prepare for the future.
August 27, 2011 | Journal Article
How states regulate nurses' work hours does relate to whether nurses work mandatory versus voluntary overtime, as well as the total number of hours worked. But research is needed to determine how these relationships impact nurse and patient outcomes.
May 16, 2013 | Journal Article
This study suggests that increasing the scope of nurse practitioners’ duties remains controversial.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article presents concerns about nurses who continue to work despite suffering physical pain or while under mental stress. The authors conducted focus groups with RNs and hospital management at four hospitals in North Carolina.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
In this study researchers examined the relationship between nurse staffing and patient outcomes to determine whether safety-net status affects that relationship.
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Under the Affordable Care Act of 2010, a variety of transitional care programs and services have been established to improve quality and reduce costs. These programs help hospitalized patients with complex chronic conditions—often the most vulnerable—transfer in a safe and timely manner from one level of care to another or from one type of care setting to another.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Four Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) teams summarize their work to close the gaps in measuring quality of nursing care.
April 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Read the perspectives of principal investigators from INQRI-funded implementation sites: strategies, challenges, successes, and lessons learned.