A recent study suggests that nurses’ physical work environments can significantly impact the quality of care they deliver, according to research published in Health Care Management Review. For their ...

Hospitals with the highest work-environment scores were less likely to have above-average Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) rates. Health care organizations have tried a wide range of ...

A new Penn Nursing Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) study—published in INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing—has found a strong association ...

In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcome and Policy Research and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia examined the factors ...

The nursing work environment, nurse education, and staffing levels are independent factors affecting hospital scores on a key measure of patient-centered care – with significant implications for ...

Waltham — April 10, 2024 — The nursing work environment, nurse education, and staffing levels are independent factors affecting hospital scores on a key measure of patient-centered care – with ...

Travel nurses are often looked at as a costly complement to an organization’s core staff nurses. However, a strategic staffing model that incorporates travel nurses and other contingent health ...

I've talked at length about the stress and risk of burnout from working in healthcare during the pandemic. One major issue in healthcare that I feel doesn't get enough attention is the persistent ...

Lake ET. Development of the practice environment scale of the Nursing Work Index. Research in Nursing & Health. 2002;25:176-188. Can we learn from nursing shortages of the past to help find solutions ...

Goshen Hospital set a 1:4 cap on nurse-to-patient ratios to improve retention, patient care, and reduce costs through ...