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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May 1, 2013 | Story
New study finds nurse staffing plays important role in implementation of measures that improve care for heart failure patients in rural hospitals.
May 1, 2013 | Story
RWJF Scholar overcomes poverty and other hurdles to break barriers as a Latino nurse.
April 11, 2012 | Report
In health care, the debate over policies that promote nurse educational progression is still raging. This paper reviews the evidence and the experiential knowledge to date, and proposes a preliminary framework for understanding the financial trade-offs that health care employers may want to consider as they determine the costs and benefits of investing in nursing education.
April 23, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget proposal recommends a $20 million increase over previous budget proposals for the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs, the primary source of federal funding for nursing education.
April 22, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF's Charting Nursing’s Future policy briefs examine crucial issues confronting nursing and the health care system. Launched in 2005, the series now includes 20 briefs covering a range of topics.
April 19, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
These are some of the stories in the April issue of Sharing Nursing's Knowledge, an RWJF e-newsletter.
April 15, 2013 | Story
Public health nurses working in libraries, what’s new on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Human Capital Blog, and more.
April 11, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Coffee-table books are designed to draw attention, and that is precisely what nurses got after the 2012 publication of a hefty tome featuring portraits of nurses from all walks of life.
April 10, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
New and notable quotes on nurse practitioners, the role of nurses in helping patients who are terminal, nurse/physician collaboration, and more.
November 5, 2012 | Journal Article
Employing supplemental nurses could help meet the challenges of an aging nursing workforce, the projected future shortage of nurses, and an increasingly diverse U.S. population.