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.
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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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Executive Nurse Fellow Named Dean of University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing
March 30, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Victoria Niederhauser, Dr.P.H., A.P.R.N., P.N.P., of the 2008 cohort of the RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows program, has been named the new dean of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Nursing. Niederhauser comes to Knoxville after 10 yea ...
The Nurse Home Visitation Program
January 1, 2002 | Book
This chapter in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Anthology V, examines nurse visitation programs to disadvantaged first-time mothers during and after their pregnancies.
Diet Wheel to Ensure Correct Patient Diets and Reduce Errors
May 13, 2010 | Toolkit
Goal was to reduce errors and ensure patients receive the correct diet ordered by physicians. Satisfaction improved among nursing associates and dietary associates. Communication between the various hospital departments also improved.
The Role of Mental Health Factors, Behavioral Factors, and Past Experience in the Prediction of Rapid Repeat Pregnancy in Adolescence
January 28, 2009 | Journal Article
Rapid repeat pregnancies (RRPs) in adolescents are poorly understood, even though they are some of the pregnancies at highest risk for poor outcomes. This study showed that aggression was associated with higher risk of an RRP, but life history factors such as abuse and depression were not.
Partnerships for Training Distance Learning Project Trains Clinicians to Serve the Health Needs of Mississippi Delta Residents
October 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Delta Health Education Partnership developed a distance-education degree program for nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife and physician assistant students in the federally designated Medically Underserved Area of the lower Mississippi Delta.
Nurse-Family Partnership Program
August 26, 2008 | Program Result Report
RWJF has provided 12 grants totaling $26.8 million to support development of David L. Olds' home-visiting model and its national replication as the Nurse-Family Partnership.
Houses of Worship Minister to Congregations' Health Care Needs
August 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
From 1997 to 1998, staff from St. Mary's Manassas, Alabama Redevelopment Team (SMART) helped establish a network of parish nurse programs in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Memphis, Tenn.
Southern States Could Benefit from Using More Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse-Midwives and Physician Assistants
March 1, 1998 | Program Result Report
The southern states have the highest proportion of citizens living in areas that have a shortage of health professionals.