Showing posts with label workforce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label workforce. Show all posts
Friday, December 13, 2013

New Briefs Provide Expert Guidance for Ensuring Better State-Level Nursing Workforce Data Systems

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An aging population, insurance expansion, increase in chronic disease and new care delivery and financing models are dramatically chang...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

New Jersey's Nurses... Transition/Crisis

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The first of a two part series on nursing in New Jersey was published today on New Jersey Spotlight.  The piece, "Transition and Crisis...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Virginia Nursing Program Allows Students to Obtain BSN for Under $17,000

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A recent partnership between the Virginia Community College System and Western Governors University will allow for nursing students to obtai...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

The Importance of Wellness In the Workplace

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For those of you who follow the INQRI blog, you may be familiar with our coverage of issues addressing the health of the nursing workforce....
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Nurses Utilize Training and Education Outside of Health Care Sector

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With nursing shortages being reported nationwide and new nurse graduates having difficulty finding clinical positions, nurses are now turnin...
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

New Study Examines Link Between Nurse Burnout and Care

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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (INQRI's home) examined the relationship between nurse-burnout and potential harm to patie...
Friday, July 27, 2012

End of the National Survey on the Nursing Workforce

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This year, the federal government did not continue a long-running survey of registered nurses that, since 1977, had provided a rich source o...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Workplace Injuries Injuries in Texas Now Treated as Medical Errors for Nurses

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In late June, the Texas Supreme Court ruled that workplace injuries for nurses and other hospital employees will be treated as medical error...
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Monday, July 23, 2012

New Partnerships Spurs Innovation in Nursing Education

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The Cincinnati State Technical and Community College's innovative nursing education program, which integrates new nurses into the workfo...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

How to Better Motivate Nurses and Cut Costs

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Yesterday, Karen Minich-Pourshadi, Senior Editor for HealthLeaders Media , published a fascinating piece that discussed innovative ways for ...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Significant Rise in Ohio Nurses Seeking 4-year Degrees

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In response to growing demands by hospital systems and ambulatory practices, more Ohio registered nurses are enrolling in bachelors of scien...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Too Little Mental Health Care For Baby Boomers

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A recent report released by the Institute of Medicine has found that one in every five seniors suffers from a mental health or substance abu...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

RN Labor Supply Bubble: What Does it Mean for Rural Health Care?

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Over the past year, many studies have predicted that a temporary employment bubble is approaching for Registered Nurses in many urban areas....
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Finding A First Job Not Easy For New Nurses

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For those of you that are regular readers of the INQRI blog, this story continues our focus on the difficult that new nurses are having ente...
Monday, July 9, 2012

The Future of Nursing Report is the IOM's Most Read Report In June 2012

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Even though it was released almost two years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, " The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Adva...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012

The American Medical Association’s President-Elect on the Future of Health Care

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Over the weekend, Sarah Kliff, reporting for the Washington Post's Wonkblog , interviewed Dr. Ardis Hoven, the president-elect of the Am...
Monday, July 2, 2012

Sharp Increase Expected in Number of Nurse Practitioners

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According to a study published in the July edition of Medical Care, the total number of trained nurse practitioners is expected to grow 94% ...
Friday, June 29, 2012

A Quick Round Up of Nurses Responses to The Supreme Court's Ruling on Health Care Reform

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With the Supreme Court ruling to uphold the entire Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (ACA), we thought it would be fitting to sha...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

IOM's Future of Nursing Report Highlighted in The Atlantic

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Yesterday, Liz Seegert of The Atlantic, wrote a brief summary of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, Future of Nursing: Leading Chan...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The Health-Care Sector is Booming. So Why Are Nurses Having Trouble Finding Jobs?

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Over the weekend, Sarah Kliff, writing for the Washington Post's WonkBlog , discussed the difficulty that many new nurse graduates are h...