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November 28, 2012 | Journal Article
We need to know more about nurses who pursue additional education—and those who don’t. This nationally representative sample of newly licensed RNs identifies factors predicting enrollment and advanced degree completion.
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
This article discusses the creation of Pre-Entry Immersion Programs for students in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing scholarship program.
March 21, 2012 | Journal Article
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation outlines the growing need for nurses to be educated at the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) level and beyond, which benefits health care organizations and ensures a competent and skilled health care workforce in the future.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Health interventions that are long-term and place-based are embraced as providing low-income families with comprehensive services. To better understand the benefits from these services, this study assesses the role of residential mobility and the us ...
August 30, 2011 | Journal Article
This study examined the role education and genetic ancestry play in predicting blood pressure (BP) among African Americans, looking at both within-group relationships and between-group relationships. The study confirms the finding that genetic ancestry is not associated with BP.
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article provides evidence that some significant differences exist between RNs who are second-degree baccalaureate graduates (SDGs) and RNs who are traditional baccalaureate graduates (TBGs) and where future research can contribute to better understanding each group's impact on the RN workforce.
September 24, 2003 | Journal Article
This study tested whether hospitals with higher proportions of direct-care RNs with BSNs or higher degrees have lower risk-adjusted mortality rates and lower rates of deaths among patients with serious complications.
July 1, 2000 | Journal Article
This rapid aging of the RN workforce has been attributed in part to the increasing number of RNs who take degrees from two-year associate programs instead of four-year baccalaureate programs.
March 1, 2008 | Journal Article
The relationship between education and a broad range of health measures varies by race/ethnicity and nativity.
June 1, 2008 | Journal Article
Investigating the relationship between health and educational attainment for youth found poorer health associated with lower rates of high school completion and postsecondary school enrollment. Academic and psychosocial factors were related to health-related educational outcomes with academic factors exerting the stronger influence.