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February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Patient satisfaction levels are lower in hospitals with more nurses who are dissatisfied or burned out—a finding that signals problems with quality of care.
September 9, 2011 | Journal Article
A supportive practice environment is positively associated with RN job satisfaction in New Jersey nursing homes.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Health care employers should be attentive to RN commuting distances, which in some locale types is quite significant.
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Nurses tell employers how they can close the gap between nurses' expectations of nursing and what they find in practice.
June 10, 2008 | Journal Article
Understanding how to retain nurse managers is critical for organizations addressing the nursing shortage. Through in-depth interviews, the researchers identify 10 behaviors of high-performing long-term managers. These results may help build a model for promoting longevity and excellence in staff.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article presents findings from a study that used a stress and support model to examine the association between job satisfaction and common stressors, individual-level direct care workers' characteristics, and organizational and management issues.
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
As part of the Better Jobs Better Care (BJBC) demonstration, direct care workers were asked for recommendations on how to improve their jobs. Across work settings, workers specified better pay and improved working relationships as key recommendations.
December 1, 2007 | Journal Article
The high rate of turnover among the ranks of direct care workers in the long-term care arena was explored in this study.
November 27, 2012 | Journal Article
Initiatives to strengthen the capacity to provide excellent patient care by increasing QI practices have grown in the last decade. In this study, the authors examine two cohorts of newly registered nurses, two years apart, to compare participation in QI activities.
July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study analyzes comments from newly registered nurses about their first jobs and discovers that much could be done to reduce turnover and improve these young nurses' experiences.