Yesterday, we told you about INQRI grantee Susan Letvak being inducted as an American Academy of Nursing Fellow later this year.
To learn more about Dr. Letvak's INQRI project, check out her team's latest article in the American Journal of Nursing, "Nurses' presenteeism and its effects on self-reported quality of care and costs."
You may also be interested in an earlier piece, published in Geriatric Nursing: "The Impact of Worker Health on Long Term Care: Implications for Nurse Managers."
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
2012 AAN Fellows Announced... with an INQRI Grantee Among Them!
INQRI congratulates all of the American Academy of Nursing's 2012 Fellows, but we would like to especially congratulate INQRI grantee Susan Letvak, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Dr. Letvak co-led her INQRI research team with Christopher Ruhm, evaluating the influence of presenteeism (decreased productivity due to health problems) on hospital registered nurses' quality of patient care. This study focused on presenteeism among RNs suffering musculoskeletal pain and/or depression. They assessed the economic costs to the health care system associated with presenteeism. Using a mixed methods approach, including a survey and focus groups of RNs in North Carolina, researchers documented a depression prevalence of 18% in hospital nurses. Seventy-one percent of nurses interviewed reported working with some pain and the majority of nurses interviewed reported that a health problem had negatively affected their productivity on the job in the previous two weeks. The team found that pain and depression were significantly associated with presenteeism and that presenteeism was significantly associated with patient falls, medication errors and the perceived quality of care. Finally, the team found that the productivity loss due to pain and/or depression was $14,339 per nurse and $876.9 million for the state of North Carolina. If these numbers were extrapolated to the nation, the productivity loss would be $22.7 billion.
Congratulations, Dr. Letvak - we look forward to your induction as an AAN Fellow in October!
Dr. Letvak co-led her INQRI research team with Christopher Ruhm, evaluating the influence of presenteeism (decreased productivity due to health problems) on hospital registered nurses' quality of patient care. This study focused on presenteeism among RNs suffering musculoskeletal pain and/or depression. They assessed the economic costs to the health care system associated with presenteeism. Using a mixed methods approach, including a survey and focus groups of RNs in North Carolina, researchers documented a depression prevalence of 18% in hospital nurses. Seventy-one percent of nurses interviewed reported working with some pain and the majority of nurses interviewed reported that a health problem had negatively affected their productivity on the job in the previous two weeks. The team found that pain and depression were significantly associated with presenteeism and that presenteeism was significantly associated with patient falls, medication errors and the perceived quality of care. Finally, the team found that the productivity loss due to pain and/or depression was $14,339 per nurse and $876.9 million for the state of North Carolina. If these numbers were extrapolated to the nation, the productivity loss would be $22.7 billion.
Congratulations, Dr. Letvak - we look forward to your induction as an AAN Fellow in October!
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
INQRI Grantee Announced as American Academy of Nursing 2011 Honorary Fellow
In late August, current INQRI grantee, Nancy Dunton, PhD, was announced as one of four honorary fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Dr. Dunton has been recognized for her body of research as well as the contributions she has made to the nursing field as the Director of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators®. The four honorary fellows will be celebrated during the American Academy of Nursing's Annual Conference and Meeting on October 15th.
Click here to read the full AAN press release.
Click here to register for the AAN's 38th annual conference and meeting.
Click here to read more information about Dr. Dunton's current INQRI project.
Click here to read the full AAN press release.
Click here to register for the AAN's 38th annual conference and meeting.
Click here to read more information about Dr. Dunton's current INQRI project.
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