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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June 28, 2012 | Story
Shelia Spurlock-White has developed a prep course for licensed practical nurses in the hope that better educated LPNs will lead to better elder care. RWJF, she says, inspires her in this mission.
June 28, 2010 | Program Result
On-Site On-Line Nursing Program a one-day a week curriculum leading to an associate’s degree in nursing, allows students already working in health care to pursue the training necessary to take the RN licensing exam while continuing to work.
September 1, 2002 | Journal Article
This study focuses on the effectiveness of home visiting by specially trained paraprofessionals and nurses as separate means of improving maternal and child health
February 1, 2005 | Program Result
From 2001 to 2003, Mary R. Haack, Ph.D., explored the role of nursing in the family court system in Newark, N.J., and the juvenile court system in Baltimore.
June 5, 2007 | Program Result
In February 2003, Meridian Health established model nursing units at each of its three hospitals as part of a larger effort to address the hospitals' high vacancy rate for nursing positions.
April 25, 2012 | Journal Article
This study measured the relationship between VLBW infants and hospital recognition for nursing excellence (RNE), and shows RNE hospitals have significantly lower risk-adjusted rates for VLBW infants compared to non RNE hospitals.
June 28, 2012 | Story
Ruth Watson Lubic recalls the Foundation's early history in the field of nurse-midwifery, and an old trail-blazing friend.
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The article examines evidence related to the essential elements of Green House homes and similar models of nursing home care.
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.
February 13, 2008 | Program Result
Healthy Steps for Young Children (Healthy Steps), managed by ICF International (formerly ICF Incorporated), was a national initiative, started with funding from the Commonwealth Fund in 1994, to augment pediatric care in order to enhance the growth and development of young children.