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November 27, 2012 | Journal Article
Initiatives to strengthen the capacity to provide excellent patient care by increasing QI practices have grown in the last decade. In this study, the authors examine two cohorts of newly registered nurses, two years apart, to compare participation in QI activities.
January 1, 2013 | Journal Article
Less than one-third of registered nurses (RNs) reported being very prepared across all measured QI topics.
November 28, 2012 | Journal Article
We need to know more about nurses who pursue additional education—and those who don’t. This nationally representative sample of newly licensed RNs identifies factors predicting enrollment and advanced degree completion.
December 1, 2011 | Journal Article
The nurse workforce is projected to grow faster during the next two decades than previously anticipated.
December 18, 2011 | Story
Study from RWJF-supported RN Work Project is the latest examining the factors in nurses' decisions about their jobs.
December 20, 2011 | Story
Using established methods for addressing chronic disease, a University of New Mexico Fellow takes on the challenge of protecting health in some of the most rural, poor and underserved areas of the nation.
October 28, 2011 | Story
Vernell DeWitty manages RWJF-funded program that provides financial support to accelerated-degree nursing students from underrepresented backgrounds.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Health care employers should be attentive to RN commuting distances, which in some locale types is quite significant.
January 7, 2011 | Journal Article
Nursing quality indicators should include nursing processes, in addition to patient outcomes, to accurately reflect the complexity of hospital nursing care.
May 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
This research highlight suggests that policy changes that result in better management, better orientations and a decrease in the amount of stressful work may improve the retention of new RNs in hospitals.