Grantee Shares the Secrets to Spurring Innovation in Nursing Education
December 4, 2012 | Story
A nurse leader reveals her successful approach to battling bureaucracy and taming human nature to find a new way to train nurses.
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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.
Diverse Partnerships are Key to Texas Team's Success
March 26, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Decision Critical, a health care technology company that is nurse-owned, joined the Coalition early on and was also one of our founding sponsors. We were also successful in recruiting the Texas Association of Business, one of the most powerful advoc ...
"Texas Team" Hits the Ground Running
February 26, 2012 | Story
Texas nurse and non-nurse leaders planted the seeds of the Texas Action Coalition years ago.
Spreading TCAB Across Network Hospitals
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Seton Family of Hospital's TCAB spread leaders believe the units most likely to adopt the TCAB program successfully demonstrate: strong engagement by unit leadership in the process at least one TCAB champion on the unit and a method to regularly share information about the process.
Ladders in Nursing Careers Program
July 1, 1999 | Program Result Report
Ladders in Nursing Careers (L.I.N.C.) was a career advancement and health care work force education national program.
Discharge Nurse Position Description
June 4, 2008 | Toolkit
Staff at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, began using an experienced nurse to support the clinical nurses by coordinating discharge activities, serving as a liaison to other team members and ensuring that all aspects of discharge are complete for patients and families.
Building Capacity in Nursing Schools
February 13, 2013 | Program Result Report
Western Governors University in Salt Lake City developed and implemented a Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) program, which provides online courses and clinical experiences to students preparing for initial licensure as registered nurses.
Texas Takes Community-Oriented Approach to Providing Rural Health Care
March 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
The Texas Department of Health established an initiative to build upon the state's primary health care program that funds selected sites that are providing primary and preventive care to low-income uninsured persons.