New Nurses Verbally Abused by Colleagues Have Lower Commitment to Employer, Less Likely to Stay in Current Job
June 18, 2013 | Story
Study finds new nurses in Magnet hospitals experience less verbal abuse.
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New Study Shows Improving Nurses’ Work Environments and Staffing Ratios Can Reduce Hospital Readmissions for Medicare Patients
January 10, 2013 | News Release
A study in the current issue of Medical Care suggests that improving nurses’ work environment can help to reduce Medicare readmissions.
Benefit Corporations
January 23, 2012 | Commentary
California and federal regulators agree to collaborate on efforts to eliminate the use and generation of toxic chemicals in making consumer products.
Faces of Public Health: Earl Dotter
May 4, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Dozens of haunting photographs of Americans working at hazardous jobs are currently on display at the David J. Sencer Museum at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s main campus in Atlanta. Called The Quiet Sickness, the exhibit shows jus ...
Workplace Wellness: Perspectives From a University and a Steel Fabrication Company
March 13, 2012 | New Public Health Post
I would say the reason we got into wellness is really for altruistic reasons. It’s just the right thing to do. We really feel strongly about enriching our employees and our shareholders and our customers and our community. That’s a part of our missi ...
Practice Change and Culture Change in Implementing Geriatric Care Initiatives
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Recommendations from nurse managers on how to make lasting practice change.
The Need for Improved Surveillance of Occupational Disease and Injury
March 10, 2010 | Commentary
This commentary examines the history of occupational disease and injury surveillance. The authors discuss the early days of federal surveillance efforts, examine barriers to reporting, and assess the current state of federal and state oversight
Addressing Obesity in the Workplace
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.
Transforming Hospital Culture
December 16, 2008 | Program Result Report
In the early 2000s, hospitals began taking steps to improve their organizational culture. They aimed to address several challenges, including patient dissatisfaction, nursing shortages and poor financial performance.
A New Way to Measure Corporate Social Responsibility
October 29, 2012 | Program Result Report
B Lab expanded and improved the rating system it uses to certify B corporations, particularly in the areas of health and safety issues. B corporations have charters that require them to conduct business in a socially responsible manner.