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The substantial expansion in the RN workforce between 2005 and 2010 is largely a temporary bubble that is likely to burst between 2010 and 2015 as the unemployment rate falls.
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With or without electronic charting options, nurses spend about 19% of their time completing documentation, compared with all other categories of care.
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The nurse practitioner (NP) workforce in the United States is expected to grow dramatically by 2025, easing concerns about a potential looming nursing shortage and suggesting that NPs will fill a substantial amount of future need for care.
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The number of people aged 23 to 26—primarily women—who became registered nurses increased by 62 percent from 2002 to 2009, approaching numbers not seen since the mid-1980s. This trend should ease some of the concern about a looming nursing shortage in the United States.
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The number of people aged 23 to 26—primarily women—who became registered nurses increased by 62 percent from 2002 to 2009, approaching numbers not seen since the mid-1980s. This trend should ease some of the concern about a looming nursing shortage in the United States.
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This article describes results of a systematic literature review focused on which interventions can be integrated into routine care to prevent pressure ulcers.
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Understanding how nurses are evaluating quality improvement interventions may contribute to improved measurement in the future.
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Analysis of labor market trends suggests that the United States is experiencing a shortage of anesthesiology providers.
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This paper focuses exclusively on the experiences of the 13 hospitals in the second phase of TCAB during which they tested more than 400 innovations.
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Data from a large sample of nursing homes were used to examine the cross-sectional association between workplace injuries and organizational factors, caregiver staffing levels, and quality.
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Evaluates efforts of three major hospital systems to internally disseminate nursing unit change among medical-surgical units. All organizations carefully planned, coordinated, and implemented a spread process; none left dissemination to chance.
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Identifies symptom clusters that include urinary and erectile dysfunction among men treated for prostate cancer. Fatigue and emotional distress may be seen together or in combination with prostate cancer-specific symptoms.
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Tests a bottom-up framework for redesigning the work environment on medical-surgical units. Examine the number of innovations tested and the association of the volume of tests made and changes in a measurement of vitality at participating hospitals.
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Tests the accuracy of a brief cognitive assessment of nursing home (NH) residents and to determine whether facility nurses can reliably perform this assessment.
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Nurse working conditions were associated with all outcomes measured. Improving working conditions will most likely promote patient safety. Future researchers and policymakers should consider a broad set of working condition variables.
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The relationship between job satisfaction of nurse aides and intent to leave and actual turnover after 1 year is examined.
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OC is an important determinant of ITL among ICU nurses. Because higher wages do not reduce ITL, increased pay alone without attention to OC is likely insufficient to reduce nurse turnover. Implementing interventions aimed at creating a positive OC, as found in Magnet hospitals, may be a more effective strategy.
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November 15, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Vaccination of Nursing Home Staff, Residents, Key to Reducing Influenza Outbreaks.
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April 12, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Recommends Extensive Mental Health Training for Health Providers in Conflict-Affected Countries
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Improving communication and collaboration among doctors and nurses can improve satisfaction among participants and improve patients' satisfaction and quality of care.
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