Vernice Ferguson Becomes First Nurse to Win FREDDIE
December 16, 2008 | Story
Sometimes referred to as the "Oscars of health and medicine," the FREDDIE Awards are presented annually at a black-tie gala in Philadelphia.
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Susan Hassmiller Receives Florence Nightingale Medal
July 6, 2009 | News Release
RWJF senior adviser for nursing awarded nursing's highest international honor.
Lessons an Executive Nurse Fellow Learned from Michelle Obama
June 24, 2009 | Story
In 2005, Executive Nurse Fellow Joanne Iritani, M.N., R.N., then the regional chief nurse executive at Maui Memorial Medical Center in Hawaii, went mining for a mentor and struck gold: she found the future first lady of the United States.
Creating New Environments for Care: Opportunities and Barriers for Executive Nurse Leaders
March 30, 2002 | Book
In this summary report proceedings from the 2002 National Invitational Conference for Executive Nurse Leaders are presented. The conference addressed the challenges and opportunities that face executive nurses in the current health care environment. ...
Article Claims Chief Nurses Can Play a Key Role in Preventing Errors in Health Care
December 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
The Harvard University Nursing Research Institute organized the "4th Annual National Invitational Conference on Executive Nursing Leadership in Academic Centers and Major Teaching Hospitals," June 21-22, 1999, in Cambridge, Mass.
Nurses Plot Their Own Course, for a Change
January 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
The Harvard Nursing Research Institute, based at the Harvard School of Public Health, sponsored two leadership conferences in 1996 and 1997 for senior nurse executives from teaching hospitals and academic health centers.
Transforming a County Health Department
July 10, 2008 | Story
"Human resources are your most important asset," she says. "You have to treasure them like gold. They are the ones who will lift you up and take you to another level."
What Factors Encourage Nurse Managers to Keep Working and Do an Excellent Job?
November 20, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers interviewed 30 nurse managers at six medical centers to elicit signature individual and organizational factors that encourage engagement among nurse managers, that is, job longevity and excellence in job performance.
Joy F. Reed, EdD, MS
November 1, 2008 | Story
Reed's project focused on helping these local offices revise their billing systems to conform to a new state system for reimbursing services to Medicaid patients.
Ten Questions with Susan B. Hassmiller
October 7, 2008 | Story
An interview with RWJF's senior adviser for nursing, originally published in the September-October 2008 issue of American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Syllabus