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2018-2019 Annual School Report: Data Summary for Pre-Licensure Nursing Programs

The 2018-2019 Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) School Survey was based on prior BRN surveys and modified based on recommendations from the Nursing Education & Workforce Advisory Committee (NEWAC...

Author(s): Lisel Blash
Date: March 11, 2020

California’s Psychiatry Workforce Challenges

In his 2020 State of the State address, California Governor Gavin Newsom called for the state’s counties to spend Mental Health Services Act funds more quickly to assist the 1 in 6 California adults...

Author(s): Janet Coffman
Date: March 2, 2020

Sex Differences in Salaries of Department Chairs at Public Medical Schools

Women in academic medicine are paid less than their male peers. This salary difference is often attributed to differences in rank and promotion. The goal of this study was to investigate whether sex...

Author(s): Michael Mensah, Whitney Beeler, Lisa Rotenstein, Reshma Jagsi, Joanne Spetz, Eleni Linos, and Christina Mangurian
Date: March 2, 2020

2018-2019 Annual School Report: Data Summary and Historical Trend Analysis

The 2018-2019 Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) School Survey was based on prior BRN surveys and modified based on recommendations from the Nursing Education & Workforce Advisory Committee (NEWAC...

Author(s): Lisel Blash
Date: February 14, 2020

Modernizing Scope-of-Practice Regulations — Time to Prioritize Patients

Ongoing payment reforms are pressing health systems to reorganize delivery of care to achieve greater value, improve access, integrate patient care among settings, advance population health, and...

Author(s): Bianca K. Frogner, Erin P. Fraher, Joanne Spetz, Patricia Pittman, Jean Moore, Angela J. Beck, David Armstrong, and Peter I. Buerhaus
Date: February 13, 2020

Admission of First Generation to College Pre-Licensure Master's Entry and Graduate Nursing Students

A growing body of literature is examining the relationships between socio-demographic factors influencing recruitment and retention of students in higher education. The purpose of this study was to...

Author(s): Laura M. Wagner, Alece Alderson, and Joanne Spetz
Date: February 6, 2020

Supporting the Adult Protective Services Workforce

An estimated one in ten adults over the age of 60 suffers some form of elder abuse. A key component of addressing ongoing elder abuse and the likelihood that its prevalence will increase as a result...

Author(s): Timothy Bates and Susan Chapman
Date: February 2, 2020

Long-Term Services and Supports: Policy Issues (Chapter 36)

Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 8th Edition continues to be the leading text on nursing action and activism. Approximately 150 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in...

Author(s): Caroline Stephens, Michele Diaz, and Laura Wagner
Date: January 28, 2020

Chapter 56: Nurse Staffing Ratios: Policy Options

Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 8th Edition continues to be the leading text on nursing action and activism. Approximately 150 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in...

Author(s): Joanne Spetz
Date: January 28, 2020

Constructing Matched Groups in Dental Observational Health Disparity Studies for Causal Effects

Electronic health record (EHR) systems provide investigators with rich data from which to examine actual impacts of care delivery in real-world settings. However, confounding is a major concern when...

Author(s): J. Cheng, S.E. Gregorich, S.A. Gansky, S.A. Fisher-Owens, A.M. Kottek, J.M. White, and E.A. Mertz
Source: PubMed
Date: Jan 2020