Nurses and Nursing

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Sep 13, 2024

COVID-19 School Closures Were Associated With A Decline In Employment For Female Nurses With Young Children

This study combined labor-force participation data with measures of school closures to examine the association between local school closures and labor supply among female nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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May 25, 2023

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Home Visiting for First-Time Parents: Community Innovation

We outline lessons from the First Born home visiting program for other universal programs, including the pros and cons of universal services, the expectation that universal programs will have population-level impact, and barriers to innovation.

Journal Article

May 16, 2023

The Impact of Nurse Practitioner-Led Primary Care on Quality and Cost for Medicaid-Enrolled Patients in States With Pay Parity

This retrospective cohort study evaluated the quality and cost implications of receiving primary care from nurse practitioners (NPs) compared to physicians in 14 states that reimburse NPs at the Medicaid fee-for-service physician rate (pay parity).

Journal Article

Apr 12, 2023

Practice Patterns, Work Environments, and Job Outcomes of Rural and Urban Primary Care Nurse Practitioners

This study compares urban and rural NPs using data from a survey of 1,244 primary care NPs in Arizona, California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington.

Journal Article

Apr 12, 2023

Surveying Primary Care Nurse Practitioners: An Overview of National Sampling Frames

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of national sampling frames that can be used by researchers interested in surveying or studying the U.S. primary care nurse practitioner workforce.

Journal Article

Apr 12, 2023

Methodology for a Six-State Survey of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners

To overcome the limitations of administrative data, we fielded a cross-sectional, mixed-mode (mail/online) survey of primary care NPs in six states to collect data directly from NPs on their clinical roles and practice environments.

Journal Article

Dec 2, 2022

Associations of Pediatric Nurse Burnout with Involvement in Quality Improvement

We examined the associations of inpatient pediatric nurse burnout with their perspectives on the importance of quality at the hospital, patient experience measurement, quality improvement, unit culture, and staffing.

Journal Article

Jun 1, 2022

Evaluation of a Home-Based, Nurse Practitioner–led Advanced Illness Care Program

Evaluation of a nurse-led, home-based serious illness care program (Advanced Illness Care) at UPMC, a health system in Pittsburgh, PA.

Journal Article

Feb 8, 2022

Nurse Aide Retention in Nursing Homes

The research presented provides information on nurse aide retention in nursing homes as a workforce challenge and its impact on quality.Retention may be an additional staffing characteristic of nursing facilities with policy and practice relevance.

Journal Article

Feb 8, 2022

Nursing Home Patient Safety Culture Perceptions Among US and Immigrant Nurses

This study compared the PSC perceptions of foreign and domestic born and trained nurses working in urban NHs in 5 states to analyze how nurses' patient safety culture perceptions corresponded to their personal and professional characteristics.

Journal Article

Jan 8, 2021

Top Priorities for the Next Decade of Nursing Health Services Research

This article presents a Nursing Health Services Research agenda for the 2020s.

Journal Article

Nov 25, 2020

Effects of Opting-Out from Federal Nurse Anesthetists' Supervision Requirements on Anesthesiologist Work Patterns

In response to California opting out of a supervision requirement for CRNAs, anesthesiologists' did not change time spent working, or time spent supervising CRNAs. They did decrease direct care clinical work hours and worked more in intraoperative care and less in postoperative care.

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COVID-19 School Closures Were Associated With A Decline In Employment For Female Nurses With Young Children

Home Visiting for First-Time Parents: Community Innovation

The Impact of Nurse Practitioner-Led Primary Care on Quality and Cost for Medicaid-Enrolled Patients in States With Pay Parity

Practice Patterns, Work Environments, and Job Outcomes of Rural and Urban Primary Care Nurse Practitioners

Surveying Primary Care Nurse Practitioners: An Overview of National Sampling Frames

Methodology for a Six-State Survey of Primary Care Nurse Practitioners

Associations of Pediatric Nurse Burnout with Involvement in Quality Improvement

Evaluation of a Home-Based, Nurse Practitioner–led Advanced Illness Care Program

Nurse Aide Retention in Nursing Homes

Nursing Home Patient Safety Culture Perceptions Among US and Immigrant Nurses

Top Priorities for the Next Decade of Nursing Health Services Research

Effects of Opting-Out from Federal Nurse Anesthetists' Supervision Requirements on Anesthesiologist Work Patterns

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