Nursing Policy Research

Geri L. Dickson, PhD, RN, is founder and Executive Director of the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing affiliated with the Rutgers University College of Nursing.||Linda Flynn, PhD, RN, earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland, and her master's degree and doctorate from Rutgers University. She did postdoctoral education at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania, under the direction of Dr. Linda Aiken. She is currently the Director of Research of the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing, Rutgers College of Nursing, where she also serves as Assistant Professor. She has taught courses in research and policy to masters and doctoral students for many years

Contributors

Foreword by Linda Aiken

Preface by Geri L. Dickson and Linda Flynn

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

List of Tables



Section I: Discovering the Research-to-Policy Connection


Back to the Future: From Evidence to Policy, Geri L. Dickson

Nursing Outcomes Research: Connections to Workforce Issues and Policy
Decisions, Sean P. Clarke


Lessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson



Section II: Toward Evidence-Based Policy: Collecting and Managing the Data


Introduction, Geri L. Dickson


Addressing the Complexities of Survey Research, Patricia Moulton, Linda M. Lacey, Linda Flynn, Christine Tassone Kovner and Carol S. Brewer

Forecasting a State Supply and Demand of RNs Using the Revised 2005 HRSA Models, Lynn Unruh and Valerie Danesh

Missing Data Effects on Nurse Workforce Analysis and Projections, Jennifer G. Nooney


Lessons Learned, Linda Flynn


Section III: Research and Workplace Policy


Introduction, Geri L. Dickson

Work Satisfaction among Staff Nurses in Acute Care Hospitals, Carol S. Brewer and Christine Tassone Kovner

Workload, Quality of Care, and Job Satisfaction in Home Health Nurses, Linda Flynn

The Emotional Demands of Nursing, Rebecca J. Erickson

Lessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson



Section IV: Research and Educational Policy


Introduction, Geri L. Dickson


Nursing's Long-Term Pipeline: A Study of High Schools Student Using a Unique Data Collection Approach,
Rebecca Rudel and Patricia Moulton

The Looming Crisis of an Inadequate Pipeline for Nursing Faculty, Brenda Cleary, James W. Bevill, Jr., Linda Lacey, and Jennifer G. Nooney

Clinical Simulation and the Need for Evidence-Based Policy, Felissa R. Lashley and Wendy Nehring


Lessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson



Section V: Funding the Research-to-Policy Connection


Introduction, Linda Flynn



Of Horses & Ponies: Taking Your Show to Washington, Claudia L. McDonald

AHRQ Funding Opportunities for Nurse Researchers, Kathleen Kendrick, Gail S. Makulowich, and Mary L. Grady

From Issues to Action: How the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Influences
Health Policy, Lori Melichar and Susan B. Hassmiller

A Metaphor for Addressing the Nurse Shortage in Oregon, Judith L. Woodruff


Lesson Learned, Linda Flynn


Section VI: Making the Research-to-Policy Connection


Introduction, Linda Flynn


Policy Development and Nursing, Lucille A. Joel

State Funding for Nurse Faculty Loan Repayment: The Vermont Experience, Mary Val Palumbo


Using Research to Influence Federal Policy: The Nephrology Nurses' Experience, Linda Flynn, Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, and Sandra M. Bodin


Lessons Learned, Linda Flynn


Epilogue


From Research to Policy - The Ultimate Translation, Linda Flynn and Geri L. Dickson



Index