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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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Leaders’ Link is a bimonthly e-newsletter featuring the latest news about RWJF scholars, fellows, and alumni, as well as updates about their programs.
On the RWJF Human Capital Blog
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.
On the RWJF Human Capital Blog
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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Celebrating a Sustained Commitment to Improving Health and Health Care Through Nursing: RWJF Marks Its 40th Anniversary
January 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
The January 2013 issue of Charting Nursing's Future celebrates four decades of RWJF investments targeting nursing's ability to improve care and strengthen the nursing profession.
An Increase in the Number of Nurses With Baccalaureate Degrees is Linked to Lower Rates of Postsurgery Mortality
March 4, 2013 | Journal Article
Researchers found that a 10-point increase in the percentage of nurses holding a baccalaureate degree in nursing within a hospital was associated with an average reduction of 2.12 deaths for every 1,000 patients.
A Phased Cluster-randomized Trial of Rural Hospitals Testing a Quality Collaborative to Improve Heart Failure Care
May 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Nurse staffing stability associated with improved performance measures in heart failure care in rural hospitals according to this study.
Building an Educational Model that Promotes Competence Through Innovation
November 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Baccalaureate degree program in nursing pairs online content delivery with simulations and traditional nursing program clinical rotations.
Hospital Nursing and 30-Day Readmissions Among Medicare Patients With Heart Failure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Pneumonia
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Improving the hospital nurse work environment can prevent readmissions for three common conditions.
Implementing the IOM Future of Nursing Report - Part II
November 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Implementing the IOM Future of Nursing Report–Part II
Interdisciplinary Research that Demonstrates the Role of Nurses in Improving the Quality of Care
May 1, 2012 | Report
Collaborative program applies rigorous research standards to identify the ways in which nurses contribute to patient care across a range of settings.
Investing in Nursing Education
April 11, 2012 | Report
In health care, the debate over policies that promote nurse educational progression is still raging. This paper reviews the evidence and the experiential knowledge to date, and proposes a preliminary framework for understanding the financial trade-offs that health care employers may want to consider as they determine the costs and benefits of investing in nursing education.
Supplemental Nurses Are Just As Educated, Slightly Less Experienced, And More Diverse Compared to Permanent Nurses
November 5, 2012 | Journal Article
Employing supplemental nurses could help meet the challenges of an aging nursing workforce, the projected future shortage of nurses, and an increasingly diverse U.S. population.
Redesigning Nursing Education
March 1, 2012 | Report
This guide was developed for regional and state nursing leaders who share Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education's vision of nursing education reform that promotes high-quality nursing care, and an increased number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses.