Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals providing direct patient care in
hospitals, and the quality of care for hospital patients is strongly linked to the performance of …

PURPOSE The leading causes of premature death in the United States are linked to 4
behaviors: smoking, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and risky alcohol use. We report lessons …

The National Academy of Medicine’s long-anticipated report, The Future of Nursing 2020À2030:
Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, offers an aspirational vision: the achievement …

OBJECTIVE To examine factors that influence nurses' perceptions of organizational compassion
and their engagement with the organization. BACKGROUND Despite agreement about …

Susan B. Hassmiller is a senior adviser for nursing and director of the Future of Nursing:
Campaign for Action, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ. She is serving as the …

This article is one in a series in which contributing authors discuss how the United Nations (UN)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are linked to everyday clinical issues; national …

Over its almost 50 years history, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has provided
about $500 M in support of programs to advance nursing practice, education, research, …

As we mark the 10th anniversary of the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM, 2011) landmark report,
The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, nurse educators have much to …

Eight years ago the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) became interested in what
may become our country's worst nursing shortage. The RWJF report, published in April 2002 (…

Historically, the economic value that nursing brings to the patient care process has not been
recognized or quantified. Improving the quality of nursing care through work environment …