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Charting Nursing's Future
Charting Nursing's Future
Charting Nursing's Future policy briefs focus on nurses and nursing, with the most recent issues in the series addressing recommendations from the Institute of Medicine's landmark Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report.
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Home Mental Health Care For Gunshot Victims
RWJF Health & Society Scholar Jooyoung Lee advocates home-based mental health care for gunshot victims to recover from the lingering effects of their injuries.
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Increasing Life Expectancy Could Undercut Social Security Viability
Americans’ life expectancy is increasing more quickly than official government forecasts, RWJF Health & Society Scholar Samir Soneji finds.
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The Shortage of On-Call Surgical Specialist Coverage
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Patient care suffers when emergency department directors have difficulty in obtaining on-call coverage by specialists.
The State of Diversity in the Health Professions a Century After Flexner
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Much must be changed to increase diversity in health care professions, including education, career support, how we value professionals who provide direct care, and even arguments for why society needs diversity among professionals, according to a prominent advocacy organization.
Balancing Staffing and Safety: Explore the Intricate Relationship of Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes (Part 2 of 2)
June 1, 2003 | Journal Article
This article guides nurse managers through the methods, findings, implications, and limitations of studies about nurse staffing and patient outcomes
The Campaign for Action: An Update
March 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nurses’ ability to provide primary care is “hampered by the constraints of outdated policies, particularly those involving nurses’ scopes of practice.”
Work Environment Factors Other Than Staffing Associated with Nurses' Ratings of Patient Care Quality
November 2, 2011 | Journal Article
According to a survey of RNs early in their careers, some work environment factors beyond staffing are associated with nurses' ratings of the quality of care received by patients, suggesting managers should consider these specific issues to improve care quality.
Where Does Nurse Funding Go?
April 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
A closer look at the states and regions that receive nurse funding.
Addressing the Nursing Shortage - Part I
January 1, 2005 | Issue Brief
Partnerships among Governments, Schools, and Employers Are Getting Results.
Addressing the Nursing Shortage - Part II
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.
Multiple Factors Affect Job Satisfaction of Hospital RNs
February 1, 2007 | Issue Brief
The current shortage of registered nurses.
Blowing Open the Bottleneck
May 1, 2008 | Report
This paper, presented at the Nursing Education Summit in June 2008, provides a concise but comprehensive understanding of the complexity of nursing education capacity and pioneering solutions currently in development across the nation.