Addressing the Nursing Workforce
June 12, 2009 | Journal Article
A Critical Element for Health Reform
Working in Teams
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Patient Outcomes When Hospitals Experience a Surge in Admissions
January 1, 2005 | Journal Article
In January 2004, a California law went into effect that regulates minimum nurse/patient ratios in hospitals because several studies had documented worse patient outcomes when nurse/patient ratios fell. This study examined associations between low nurse/patient ratios and adverse patient outcomes.
Addressing the Nurse Shortage to Improve the Quality of Patient Care
January 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals providing direct patient care in hospitals, and the quality of care for hospital patients is strongly linked to the performance of nursing staff, according to an Institute of Medicine report. ...
Renewal and Retention: Strategies for Addressing the Nursing Shortage
July 11, 2007 | Story
R³ program—Renewal, Resilience and Retention for Nurses—are similar to another prominent RWJF initiative to improve nurse retention.
Balancing Interests of Hospitals and Nurse Researchers
June 11, 2011 | Journal Article
Benefits outweigh the risks of conducting collaborative nursing research.
Educating Health Professionals Collaboratively for Team-Based Primary Care
August 1, 2010 | Journal Article
As Americans work to reform our health care system so that we receive higher-quality care at a lower cost, many stakeholders see substantial opportunity in the expansion of primary care teams.
The State of the Nursing Workforce in New Jersey
January 1, 2007 | Survey/Poll
This study's author conducted a survey to better understand the characteristics and motivations of the New Jersey nursing workforce, completed by approximately 25 percent of all RNs licensed in the state.
Transforming Care at the Bedside
National Program
The TCAB program was led by the Institute for Health Improvement (IHI), and has generated significant information about the value of involving nurses and other front-line staff in the redesign of care delivery models and systems.
Participation of Unit Nurses
November 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This evaluation found that some hospitals can extensively and successfully implement the principles of Transforming Care at the Bedside (TCAB), however, even these hospitals, which were selected due to their previous experience with innovation and quality improvement, do not necessarily sustain the TCAB processes beyond the first year.
Nurse-Led Interdisciplinary Teams
October 1, 2008 | Journal Article
A nurse-led interdisciplinary team considers how to ensure a patient's current medications are taken into account when hospital physicians or clinicians prescribe in-hospital treatment and drugs.