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January 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that some of the key characteristics of medical homes promote stronger morale and job satisfaction among providers and staff at community health centers. In a survey of more than 600 employees a ...
February 1, 2007 | Program Result Report
The Health Research Educational Trust conducted a study to explore hospital Chief Nursing Officer turnover and its impact on the nursing workforce and the quality of hospital care.
September 7, 2010 | Report
The Better Jobs, Better Care demonstration provided grants and technical assistance to coalitions of providers, workers, consumers, and policy makers to improve the quality of jobs of long-term care (LTC) direct care workers (DCWs), improve recruitment and retention, and strengthen capacity to meet future demand.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Health care employers should be attentive to RN commuting distances, which in some locale types is quite significant.
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.
January 20, 2011 | Commentary
The historical pattern of nursing education needs to be altered in order to have enough nursing faculty, advanced practice registered nurses and nurse leaders for tomorrow.
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.
April 25, 2011 | Program Result Report
The Oregon Works! project of Better Jobs Better Care aimed to improve recruitment and retention of direct-care workers at eight participating long-term-care sites. The union representing the state's independent home-care workers also participated.
April 5, 2011 | Report
This evaluation report highlights results of the qualitative study of the RWJF Community Health Leaders (CHL) program, by specifically looking at nine San Francisco Bay area recipients. The report analyzed the influential forces and defining events that shaped CHLs' path to leadership.
February 1, 2007 | Issue Brief
The current shortage of registered nurses.