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Physical Work Environment in Hospitals Affects Nurses’ Job Satisfaction, With Implications for Patient Outcomes, Health Care Costs - According to rwjf.com, on July 17, 2014, job satisfaction is an important predictor of registered nurses’ (RNs) job turnover, patient satisfaction, and nurse-sensitive patient outcomes (including pressure ulcers and falls), which can result in higher health care costs and penalties for hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid payments. Numerous studies have been conducted to assess nurses’ job satisfaction, asking about nurse-physician relationships, opportunities for promotion, autonomy, and similar issues, but very few have addressed the impact of the physical work environment on RNs’ job satisfaction.TO READ MORE click here Twenty Accomplished Nurses from Across Country Selected for Prestigious National Nurse Fellowship Program - According to rwjf.com, on July 30, 2014, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced the 20 nurses from across the United States [including two from MUSC] who have been selected as RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows for 2014, the program’s last cohort. This diverse group will participate in a three-year, world-class leadership development program that is enhancing the effectiveness of nurse leaders who are working to improve the nation’s health care system. TO READ MORE click here An Unexpected Growth in the Nursing Workforce - According to rwjf.org, on August 8, 2014, More registered nurses (RNs) are delaying retirement, a phenomenon that is contributing to a larger-than-expected supply of nurses, according to a new study in Health Affairs.TO READ MOREclick here

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College of Nursing receives grant to prepare PhD nurses - According to moultrienews.com, on July 22, The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Nursing is one of only 14 schools of nursing nationwide to be among the first to receive a grant from a new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) program to increase the number of nurses holding a PhD degree. As an inaugural grantee of the Future of Nursing Scholars program, the MUSC College of Nursing will select one student to receive financial support, mentoring and leadership development over the three years of his or her PhD program.TO READ MORE click here

The Drawn-Out Medical Degree - According to nytimes.com, on August 1, should medical education be shorter? The answer is yes, at least according to administrators at many of America’s leading medical schools.”TO READ MORE click here

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Part of the Solution: Pre-Baccalaureate Healthcare Workers in a Time of Health System Change - According to brookings.edu, on July 24, 2014, healthcare occupations account for a large and growing share of the workforce and span the education and earnings continuum. Although many discussions of the healthcare workforce focus on doctors and other occupations requiring advanced degrees, the healthcare system would not function without pre-baccalaureate workers—those with less than a bachelor’s degree. TO READ MORE click here Health care jobs lift less-educated workers - According to usatoday.com, on July 24, 2014, the boom in health care jobs is skewed toward positions requiring less education and providing lower-paid workers a potential pathway to better careers.TO READ MORE click here