Nurses Stepping Up to Solve Primary Care Challenges
August 29, 2012 | Story
Latest Charting Nursing's Future brief highlights groundbreaking examples of nurses' changing roles.
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Nurses' Evolving Role in Primary Care
August 28, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
While policy-makers in Washington and in state capitals across the nation have been embroiled in a debate over health care reform, many aspects of the health care system have been evolving in response to economic and demographic pressures. The lates ...
New and Expanded RWJF Initiatives Aim to Strengthen Nursing
March 28, 2012 | Story
Public health nursing, academic progression, primary care and Future of Nursing recommendations are the focus as Foundation launches programs to help health care system meet emerging challenges.
An Innovative Prescription for Better Health
May 9, 2011 | Video/Story
Health Leads relies on volunteer college students to "fill" prescriptions by connecting patients with vital resources.
Building a New Generation of Health Leaders
December 29, 2010 | Story
Volunteers help to remove social barriers that prevent people from taking the actions they need to be healthy.
RWJF Grantee Fights to Free Nurses to Practice to Full Extent of Their Abilities
July 14, 2010 | Story
Edge Runner Tine Hansen-Turton, a public health advocate, has a vision for the future: affordable, accessible primary care for all—provided mainly by nurses.
Register and Submit Testimony for the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Community Health, Primary Care and Long-Term Care
December 2, 2009 | Story
The meeting and webcast will focus on nursing across community health, public health, primary care, and long-term care settings.
The Benefits and Challenges of Multisite Studies
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Multisite studies provide large, diverse samples with sufficient statistical power to detect significant associations between nursing systems, care processes and outcomes. In this article, the researchers provide the example of six lessons learned from a nursing-led multisite study on non-intercepted medication errors in 14 acute care hospitals.
Watch the Archived Webcast for the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Community Health, Public Health, Primary Care, and Long-Term Care
December 6, 2009 | Story
The Initiative held the Forum on the Future of Nursing: Community Health, Public Health, Primary Care, and Long-Term Care on December 3, 2009, at the Community College of Philadelphia.
Colleagues in Caring: Regional Collaboratives for Nursing Work Force Development
October 15, 2009 | Program Result
Colleagues in Caring: Regional Collaboratives for Nursing Work Force Development was a national program to streamline the nursing education system and increase the capacity and attractiveness of the nursing profession.