Nurse and Government Leaders Team Up to Transform Nursing in Massachusetts
May 6, 2013 | Story
State Action Coalition takes multi-pronged approach to strengthening nursing education programs.
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Nursing's bond to patients and link to quality of care are pivotal, as nurses make up more that half of the health care workforce. To improve the quality of hospital care, we must also transform the quality of nursing care at the patient's bedside.
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Nine States Receive RWJF Grants to Build More Highly Educated Nursing Workforce
August 23, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Academic Progression in Nursing (APIN) program this week announced that California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Texas and Washington state have been chosen to receive gra ...
Nine States Receive Grants to Build a More Highly Educated Nursing Workforce
August 20, 2012 | News Release
Tri-Council for Nursing leads RWJF-Funded program, which will support ‘Action Coalitions’ in CA, HI, MA, MT, NM, NY, NC, TX and WA state.
Measuring the Contributions of Nurses to High-Value Health Care
May 18, 2011 | Program Result
Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.
At Boston College, an Accelerated Path to Advanced Degrees in Nursing
February 24, 2011 | Story
related websites Read more about the New Careers in Nursing Program. “We tell them it’s ‘boot camp for nurses.’ We say it lovingly, but we’re only half joking.” That’s how Patricia A. Tabloski, Ph.D., G.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N., associate dean for gradua ...
Nurse On-Call: The Boston Marathon Bombings
May 9, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
"I saw the worst and the best of humanity in one week," Carolyn Hayes writes. "I want to make sure my nurse colleagues know how proud I was to be among them and how grateful I am to be a nurse. That week, I was especially proud to be a Boston nurse."
Three State Nursing Workforce Centers Suspend Operations
August 29, 2012 | Story
Nurse leaders say budget shortfalls are to blame for workforce center closures in Massachusetts, North Carolina and Tennessee.
INQRI Grantee Uses Health Information Technology to Reduce Falls Among Older Hospital Patients
November 5, 2010 | Story
Study by RWJF grantee published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association."
Registered Nurses Participate in Presenting Their Patients During Morning Rounds
June 4, 2008 | Story
Massachusetts General Hospital kept patient charts at the patients' bedsides, where they were easily accessed and updated.
Achievements & Accolades
June 23, 2010 | Story
Leaders' Link e-Newsletter: May/June 2010