Other Patient & Consumer Resources

• Nurse-facilitated guided care for elders and their caregivers leads to improved perceptions of quality of care

Clinicians & Providers

• AHRQ Resource Links for Nurses
• Impact of Working Conditions on Patient Safety
• Nurses with higher education levels rate themselves as having more clinical expertise and are sought out for their guidance
• Patient Safety and Quality
• Research Findings

Hospital & Health System Resources

• Funded Grants Submitted by Nurses
• Future Directions in Primary Care Research: New Special Issues for Nurses
• Helping Smokers Quit: A Guide for Nurses
• Nurse-facilitated guided care for elders and their caregivers leads to improved perceptions of quality of care
• Nurses with higher education levels rate themselves as having more clinical expertise and are sought out for their guidance
• Patient Safety and Quality
• Research Grant Implementation: Staff Development as a Tool to Accompli
• Staff Biographies

Fact Sheets

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Impact of Working Conditions on Patient Safety

Other Research & Data

• Nurse-facilitated guided care for elders and their caregivers leads to improved perceptions of quality of care
• Nurses with higher education levels rate themselves as having more clinical expertise and are sought out for their guidance
• Research Findings

Other News & Events

• Acceptance of 'smart' intravenous infusion pumps is growing among nurses, but challenges remain
• California nurse staffing mandate did not reduce nursing workforce skill levels
• Electronic health records improve nursing care, coordination, and patient safety
• Higher nurse-patient ratios result in societal cost benefits for some hospital areas
• Job, family, and other factors play a role in nurses quitting their jobs and how much they work
• Mandated increases in nurse staffing levels unevenly affect uncompensated care growth rates in California hospitals
• Minority-serving hospitals have problems with quality of care and patient satisfaction
• Nurse survey identifies important but underused end-of-life care skills
• Nurse-facilitated guided care for elders and their caregivers leads to improved perceptions of quality of care
• Nurses in hospital units with a higher proportion of short-term patients take longer to respond to patient call lights
• Nurses with higher education levels rate themselves as having more clinical expertise and are sought out for their guidance
• Nursing home physicians and nurses struggle with communication barriers
• Nursing shortage may have adverse impact on public health emergency preparedness
• Opportunities to pursue bachelor's degrees may be limited for nurses in rural hospitals
• Pharmacy, medical, and nurse practitioner students need more education on drug-drug interactions
• Study suggests caution in interpreting impact of nurse staffing levels on postsurgical complication rates
• The changing role of nurses
• Unionized hospital RNs slightly less satisfied with work than nonunionized RNs