New Jersey Nursing Initiative Celebrates Second Cohort of Master's Candidates
April 30, 2012 | Story
Spring meeting featured Collaborative Learning Community sessions led by experts from RWJF nursing programs.
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Education, Genetic Ancestry, and Blood Pressure in African Americans and Whites
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.
County Health Calculator 2.0: Q&A With Steven Woolf
April 4, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In conjunction with the third release of the County Health Rankings, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center on Human Needs have released an updated version of the County Health Calculator, an interactive, on ...
The Case for Nursing Education Progression
March 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
In a recent American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) survey of Chief Nurse Officers, half of respondents said their hospitals preferentially hire BSN nurses, although just over a third pay BSN nurses more at the time of hire. And some of the ...
RWJF Launches New Initiative to Support Academic Progression in Nursing
March 22, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) yesterday announced the launch of the Academic Progression in Nursing (APIN) initiative, to advance state and regional strategies to create a more highly educated nursing workforce. The $4.3 million, Phase 1 ...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Launches Initiative to Support Academic Progression in Nursing
March 21, 2012 | News Release
New Program Supports Institute of Medicine Recommendation that More Nurses Get Advanced Degrees, in Order to Improve Patient Care and Move to Fill Faculty and Advanced Practice Nursing Roles.
Upcoming Webinar on Future of Nursing Report's '80 by 20' Recommendation
March 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This week, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) will present the next in a series of webinars exploring recommendations from the Institute of Medicine report, The Future of Nursing: ...
Creating Incentives for Nurses to Acquire Baccalaureate Degrees
October 6, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Second, in order to encourage RNs to obtain BSN degrees, it must be made clear that new educational opportunities will provide nurses with important problem-solving, communication, teamwork, patient engagement and care management skills. These skill ...
The Doctor - of Nursing - Will See You Now
October 3, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
The New York Times this weekend reported on the increasing number of nurses pursuing doctoral degrees, and whether it confuses patients when nurses with PhDs use the title “doctor.” As more nurses advance their education, physicians are worried that ...
New Data: Nursing Profession Is Bigger, More Diverse, Better Educated
May 2, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
A report from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) indicate that efforts to grow and diversify the nursing workforce are showing results.