Evaluation of Better Jobs, Better Care
October 1, 2010 | Survey/Poll
Better Jobs Better Care sought to change public policy and management practice to improve recruitment and retention of high-quality paraprofessional direct care workers (DCW).
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The Role of Self-Efficacy in Developing Women Leaders
November 1, 2009 | Book
In academic medicine, women take on fewer leadership roles than men. This essay describes experiences of women in the Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program.
Better Jobs, Better Care: Building a Strong Long-Term Care Workforce
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To create changes in policy and practice that will lead to recruitment and retention of high-quality direct care workers in nursing homes and in home- and community-based settings.
The RWJ Executive Nurse Fellows Program, Part 3
February 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This article is the third in a three-part series describing the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program, an advanced leadership program for nurses in senior executive roles who aspire to help lead and shape the U.S. health care system of ...
Telling the Stories of the Health Professions Partnership Initiative
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
This article, the introduction to a supplement of the journal Academic Medicine, focuses on eight partnerships of the Health Professions Partnerships Initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Six schools of medicine and two schools of public health were invited to write case studies addressing the challenges, barriers and solutions to producing 'pipeline' partnerships with a variety of educational institutions.
Reinventing Management Practices in Long-Term Care
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Lasting changes to organizational culture in nursing homes must come via gradual changes to the organizations' cultural artifacts.
Labor-Management Relations Affect Hospital Competitiveness, Financial Performance and Quality of Care
May 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
From 1995 to 1998, researchers from the Economic Policy Institute assessed the impact of labor-management cooperation and new employment and human resource practices on hospital performance, processes and outcomes.
Nursing Assistants' Job Commitment
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examined how basic supervision, job enhancements and concrete job rewards related to job commitment for certified nursing assistants.
The Origins of Better Jobs Better Care
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Using applied research initiatives, the Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) demonstration addressed workforce improvement for direct care workers and the quality of care provided to those needing long-term care.
Better Jobs Better Care
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
The Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) initiative focused on the area of workforce improvement for direct care workers and was the result of collaboration between the Atlantic Philanthropies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.