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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.

Effects of Nurse Staffing and Nurse Education on Patient Deaths in Hospitals With Different Nurse Work Environments

November 30, 2011 | Journal Article

Nurse staffing improvements have the greatest positive effect in hospitals with the best nurse working environments.

New Jersey Health Initiatives

November 22, 2011 | Program Result

New Jersey Health Initiatives supports innovative projects by nonprofit, community-based organizations to improve the health and health care of the state's residents.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Implements Transforming Care at the Bedside with a Focus on Communication Between Nurses and Physicians

July 5, 2011 | Story

"There's that stigma where the doctor is some almighty person, and the nurse is in more of a subservient role."

Executive Nurse Fellow Expands Successful Transforming Care at the Bedside Program

March 24, 2011 | Story

"A lot of the program focuses on learning about yourself and how to leverage your strengths," she recalls. "No one had ever said that to me. That was just freeing."

At Boston College, an Accelerated Path to Advanced Degrees in Nursing

February 24, 2011 | Story

related websites Read more about the New Careers in Nursing Program. “We tell them it’s ‘boot camp for nurses.’ We say it lovingly, but we’re only half joking.” That’s how Patricia A. Tabloski, Ph.D., G.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N., associate dean for gradua ...

Policy, Nursing Leaders Discuss Strategies to Improve Health Care Systems at Initiative on the Future of Nursing Forum

December 20, 2009 | Story

Many tasks of primary care physicians can be performed by nurses, one lawmaker says, and expanding nurses' responsibilities can help increase access to care.

Rural Nursing Facing Unique Workforce Challenges

September 22, 2010 | Story

Efforts to train rural nurses face the difficulties found in cities and suburbs, and more.

Quotable Quotes about Nursing, September 2010

September 22, 2010 | Story

New and notable quotes on nurse empowerment, turnover rates among first-year nurses, the economy's impact on the demand for nurses, and more.

A Century After Her Death, Florence Nightingale Still Offers Lessons for Today

September 22, 2010 | Story

In the 2010 International Year of the Nurse, nurse leaders look to founder of modern nursing for answers to questions about how to solve today's health care challenges.

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