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Workforce Data: A Plan to Measure Progress
…the Institute of Medicine recommendations. This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation research brief examines three aspects of how to meet the need for better data on the nursing workforce: barriers, questions,…
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Technology Works Best When Schools, Hospitals Teach Together
…encounter on entering the workforce? The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (2008), published by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, answers that question. The Essentials document…
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Oregon Offers Online Toolkit to Help Nurses Pursue Board Positions
By Jana Bitton, MPA, executive director, Oregon Center for Nursing There’s no question about it: Nurses need to lead. With the changing health care delivery environment, nurses are needed more…
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Proud Family History–and Impulse–Led Him to Nursing
…you could change the profession in any one way, what would you change and why? I reworded this question to, “I love nursing but…” I find myself repeatedly articulating the…
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If You Had a Say in Your Nursing Schedule…
If nurses could be more involved in the creation of their work schedules, would you ultimately have a more engaged, satisfied, and alert nursing workforce? That’s a question posed by…
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Building Healthier Communities: Washington Nurses Show How It’s Done
…from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded to Dorene Hersh, MN, RN, Leadership WNAC co-chair. Hersh, who is an RWJF Public Health Nurse Leader and chief of nursing for public…
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First Nurse at NCAA Is “Inspired to Keep Next Generation Healthy”
…any one way, what would you change and why? I would rephrase the question and say if I could further advance the field of nursing it would be to continue…
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Paper Lays Out Ways in Which All Nurses Affect Population’s Health
How can nurses best help reverse course on the nation’s declining health and promote the health of the U.S. population? That question is addressed in a white paper commissioned by…
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