Center to Champion Nursing to Address Projected Workforce Shortage
December 5, 2007 | Story
Decline in federal support, state interest and local capacity has left the nation without an adequate supply of nurses to fill a growing number of vacancies.
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Strategically Leading the New Center to Champion Nursing in America
December 18, 2007 | Story
After a career that has touched on almost every aspect of nursing, Susan Reinhard now will work to champion nursing and help reverse a nursing shortage in the United States.
RWJF Launches National Program to Build Next Generation of Academic Nurse Leaders
January 9, 2008 | News Release
$28-Million Nurse Faculty Scholars program offers career development to promote ranks of junior faculty.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars: Developing the Next Generation of Leaders in Academic Nursing
January 14, 2008 | Story
As the nation faces a critical nurse shortage, the new program is expected to help build capacity in the next generation of academic nurse leaders.
Eight Dental Schools Receive Funds to Improve Access to Dental Care, Increase Student Diversity
March 5, 2008 | News Release
RWJF announced the names of eight dental schools that will receive grants of up to $200,000 each to improve the diversity of their student body or to increase access to dental care in underserved areas.
Demands on Nurses Grow as Hospital Quality Improvement Activities Increase
March 20, 2008 | News Release
Nurses are pivotal to quality improvement efforts, but shortages could curtail involvement.
New Careers in Nursing Scholarships for New Nursing Students to Address the Nursing Shortage and Increase Diversity
April 30, 2008 | Story
Geraldine (Polly) Bednash, Ph.D., R.N., national program director of the new RWJF program, says New Careers will attract students who are making a deliberate and conscious choice to become nurses.
Reducing ED Crowding Through "Straight Back Triage"
June 4, 2008 | Story
Staff at William Beaumont Hospital introduced a new triage system to quickly pre-screen and categorize patients before sending them to one of three treatment areas to be more fully triaged.
Improving Staff Satisfaction and Patient Care by Creating an Electronic Change-of-Shift Report
June 4, 2008 | Story
Staff created a simple, electronic reporting system using Excel that nurses update with pertinent patient and treatment information at any time during their shift.
Reducing Turnaround Time for Fast Track Emergency Department (ED) Patients
June 4, 2008 | Story
To improve the efficiency and decrease the waiting time in the ED, Grady Health System implemented a "Fast Track" service to allow patients with acute but non-life-threatening conditions to be treated more quickly and then released.