The Impact of Worker Health on Long Term Care
May 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Direct care workers who come to work with health issues impact productivity and patient care quality.
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Lots of Jobs and Lots of Eager Workers: What Went Wrong?
February 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
Health Careers Center, an affiliate of the Greater New York Hospital Association, developed a program to offset an anticipated shortage of health care workers in New York City in the early 1990s.
The Impact of Nurses' Health on Productivity and Quality of Care
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.
Nurse Staffing Effects on Patient Outcomes
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.
Developing Universal Symbols for Health Care Facilities
May 13, 2011 | Program Result Report
Project staff worked with a design team to create and test a set of universal graphic symbols to help people with limited proficiency in English find their way around health care facilities.
Expecting Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care
National Program
Expecting Success was a national program aimed at improving the quality of cardiac care while reducing racial, ethnic and language disparities.
Do Information Systems Affect Adverse Events in Hospitals - and the Workload of Nurses?
October 18, 2010 | Program Result Report
Researchers with the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco, measured the effect of two information systems at the Veterans Administration (VA) on the number of adverse events experienced by patients and the hours worked by nurses.
CCNA Launches New Web Site and Blog
November 23, 2009 | Story
The Center to Champion Nursing in America's new online face offers reader-friendly and solution-oriented discussions of the issues... as well as Champion Nursing TV.
The Working Hours of Hospital Staff Nurses and Patient Safety
July 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The use of extended work shifts and overtime has escalated as hospitals copewith a shortage of registered nurses (RNs). Little is known, however, about the prevalence of these extended work periods and their effects on patient safety. Logbooks compl ...
More Nurses, Better Patient Outcomes
September 1, 2001 | Journal Article
Why Isn't it Obvious?