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Exploring Professional-Related Outcome Differences Between Phlebotomy Technicians, Medical Laboratory Technicians, and Medical Technologists
07-01-08
As part of a large scale practice analysis on Phlebotomy Technicians (PBTs), Medical Laboratory Technicians (MLTs), and Medical Technologists (MTs), additional data on four "home made measures" of professional-related outcomes, i.e., professional development, quality assurance monitoring, employer...
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Diversity in California’s Health Professions: Dentistry
07-01-08
California has become one of the most racially and ethnically diverse states in the country, and is projected to become even more so in the coming decades. This issue brief is one in a series of briefs presenting a profile of California’s current and projected population, selected health...
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EMS Workforce for the 21st Century: A National Assessment
06-13-08
Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics are a critical component of any community’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system. Assuring the continued viability of the prehospital EMS workforce is a key concern for many local, State, Federal, and tribal EMS agencies, as well as national...
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Considering Language Access Services for California Hospitals
06-01-08
The move toward “cultural competence” that responds to the diversity of California’s population is reflected in efforts of California hospitals to provide linguistically appropriate care for their patients who have limited English proficiency. Legal mandates underscore this need. Health care...
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California’s Nursing Labor Force: Demand, Supply, and Shortages (2008)
06-01-08
In recent years, attention has focused on the nursing profession due to a crippling shortage of registered nurses (RNs) that has been reported throughout California, the United States, and in many other countries. California’s nursing shortage is among the most severe in the United States and many...
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Registered Dental Hygienists in Alternative Practice: Increasing Access to Dental Care in California
05-01-08
In 1998, California officially recognized a new dental health profession: the Registered Dental Hygienist in Alternative Practice (RDHAP). RDHAPs may practice unsupervised in homes, schools, residential facilities and other institutions, and in Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas. Recent...
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Diversity in California’s Health Professions: Physicians
05-01-08
Increasing racial and ethnic diversity in California’s physician workforce is a key component in the ongoing effort to address health disparities associated with race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. New physician workforce data show that despite decades of efforts to achieve this goal, little...
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Physician Diversity in California: New Findings from the California Medical Board Survey
03-01-08
A recent poll by the Field Research Corporation showed that six in ten voters agree that it is important for California to have enough health professionals who reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the patients they serve. This report examines data from the California Medical Board Relicensure...
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Minority Nurses’ Experiences on the Job
03-01-08
While a number of studies have explored questions regarding career path and job satisfaction among nurses, the data rarely are examined for distinct racial and ethnic groups. Furthermore, we have not found any study that has explored the relationship between ethnicity and factors that foster job...
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Diversity in California’s Health Professions: Current Status and Emerging Trends
03-01-08
California’s population is among the most racially and ethnically diverse in the U.S. However, policy makers, educators, foundations, and other stakeholders are concerned about how well this diverse population is represented among healthcare practitioners in key health professions and occupations....
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Commuting Patterns of RNs in California
03-01-08
Commuting of registered nurses (RNs) has important implications for nursing shortages. A county or region might have a large number of resident RNs, but if many of those RNs work in a different county or region, employers in the region of residence might perceive a shortage. California’s counties...
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US Military and California Health Personnel: Select Comparisons
02-01-08
As California faces workforce shortages and geographic mal-distribution in many of the health care professions, policy makers are looking to expanding educational programs, rethinking practice models and improving recruitment and retention efforts among existing and new pools of workers. One...
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Teaching Cultural Competence in Allied Health Professions in California
02-01-08
Allied health workers are a critical component of health care delivery. Studies suggest that a diverse workforce is more likely to provide culturally sensitive health care and ultimately reduce health disparities in the population. In recent years there has been increased attention on training the...
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Nurse Satisfaction and the Implementation of Minimum Nurse Staffing Regulations
02-01-08
In 1999, California passed the first legislation in the United States to establish minimum staffing levels for licensed nurses in hospitals. Implementation of the regulation began in 2004. This article examines whether nurses who work in hospitals in California have perceived improvements in their...
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California Physician Diversity: New Findings from the California Medical Board Survey
01-08-08
A recent poll by the Field Research Corporation showed that six in ten voters agree that it is important for California to have enough health professionals who reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of the patients they serve. This report examines new data from the California Medical Board...
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Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Program for Cultural Competence
12-03-07
OBJECTIVES: To develop, implement, and evaluate the impact of a cultural competence train-the-trainer workshop for pharmacy educators.
METHODS: A 2-day train-the-trainer workshop entitled Incorporating Cultural Competency in Pharmacy Education (1.65 CEUs) was provided to pharmacy faculty from...
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Promising Scope of Practice Models for the Health Professions
12-01-07
Legal scopes of practice for the health professions exist in statutes enacted by the state legislature and in regulations developed and implemented by administrative agencies, such as health professions boards. The purpose of this brief is to examine scope of practice issues within the context of...
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Overview of Nurse Practitioner Scopes of Practice in the United States
12-01-07
Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are registered nurses who are prepared beyond initial nursing education in an NP program to provide primary care directly to patients. NP educational requirements, certification mechanisms and legal scopes of practice are decided at the state level and vary considerably....
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Foreign Versus Domestic Education of Physicians for the United States: A Case Study of South Asian Physicians in California
11-01-07
Physician supply in the U.S. is again on the national health policy agenda. A central issue in this debate is the availability of physicians willing to work in underserved and disadvantaged communities-an issue closely linked to the number of minority and international medical graduate (IMG)...
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California Board of Registered Nursing 2005-2006 Annual School Report
10-19-07
The survey collects data about nursing programs and their students and faculty from August 1 through July 31. Annual data presented in this report represent August 1, 2005 through July 31, 2006. Demographic information and census data were requested for October 15, 2006.
Data from pre- and post-...
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Forecasting the Nursing Shortage in California (2007)
10-05-07
Forecasting the supply and demand of the nursing workforce is crucial to understanding the short and long term needs for nurses in California and for identifying strategies for addressing future shortages. This presentation discusses several forecasting methods and presents data for the 2007...
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Forecasts of the Registered Nurse Workforce in California, 2007
09-20-07
This report presents supply and demand forecasts for the Registered Nurse (RN) workforce in California from 2007 through 2030. These forecasts are based on data from the 2006 California Board of Registered Nursing Survey of Registered Nurses, the US Bureau of Health Professions 2004 National Sample...
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Improving Language Access in California Hospitals
09-01-07
The move toward “cultural competence” that responds to the diversity of California’s population is reflected in efforts of California hospitals to provide linguistically appropriate care for their patients who have limited English proficiency. Legal mandates underscore this need. Health care...
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California Board of Registered Nursing 2006 Survey of Registered Nurses
06-06-07
The biennial California Survey of Registered Nurses provides information about the demographics, education, and employment of registered nurses in the state.
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Policy, Politics, and the Reality of Health Workforce Planning (Orlando, FL)
06-01-07
This presentation takes a look at the complex reality of nursing workforce planning. For example, policy makers often lack the expertise as well as concrete research to make positive decisions. Even if programs are approved they may not be funded due to a state’s budget crisis.
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Forecasting Health Workforce Supply: From the Survey to the Models (Orlando, FL)
06-01-07
This presentation explains different approaches to calculate and forecast “demand”: from the overly simplified “per capita” model, to the non-normative market demand and a “need” assessment model. Suggested ways to improve forecasting include not looking at one workforce group in isolation and...
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Forecasting Health Workforce Supply: From the Survey to the Models
06-01-07
Forecasting the health workforce is crucial to understanding whether perceived shortages are real, to learn whether a shortage is likely to persist, and to guide policy to educate and retain health workers. This presentation provides strategies for forecasting workforce supply and demand and...
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2006 Survey of Registered Nurses
06-01-07
The 2006 Survey of California Registered Nurses is the fifth in a series of surveys designed to describe licensed nurses in California and to examine changes over time. Other studies were completed in 1990, 1993, 1997, and 2004.
The survey solicited information about:
Opinions about the most...
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Tracking the Supply of Health Professions Education Programs in California
04-01-07
Information from California’s professional and vocational education programs are a key link in estimating the supply of workers for individual health professions. The principal objective of this project is to map the “education link” in California’s supply chain for selected health professions....
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Do Professional Interpreters Improve Clinical Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency? A Systematic Review of the Literature
04-01-07
Objective To determine if professional medical interpreters have a positive impact on clinical care for limited English proficiency (LEP) patients.
Data Sources A systematic literature search, limited to the English language, in PubMed and PsycINFO for publications between 1966 and September 2005...