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First In-Person CHOPR Seminar in 18 months.
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Co-Associate Director, Dr. Eileen Lake, is the new Edith Clemmer Steinbright Professor in Gerontology.
The Edith Clemmer Steinbright Chair of Gerontology was established by Marilyn Steinbright in 1996 in memory of her mother, a co-founder of the Arcadia Foundation. Dr. Lake's scholarship has shaped the understanding of what the practice environment is, how it is measured, why it matters for patients and nurses, and how it can be improved. She has transformed our field and defined much of CHOPR's impact around the world. More
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Dr. Margo Brooks Carthon has been named the Center's New Co-Associate Director.Dr. Brooks Carthon has led CHOPR’s health equity work, demonstrating the role for improving nurse staffing and work environments as a mechanism to reduce health disparities. She developed and leads THRIVE which used a data-driven approach to facilitate the best outcomes for socially at-risk patients. Professor Brooks Carthon also has a tremendous impact on the CHOPR T32 training program as the T32's associate director but especially as a dedicated mentor to pre- and post-doctoral fellows.
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American Academy of Nursing: New Fellows Announced
We are very proud to congratulate two members of the CHOPR family for their induction into the American Academy of Nursing,
Dr. Karen B. Lasater and Dr. Olga Jarrín Montaner.
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Safe nurse staffing standards in hospitals saves lives and lowers costs.
A new study published in The Lancet Global Health shows that establishing safe nurse staffing standards in hospitals in Chile could save lives, prevent readmissions, shorten hospital stays, and reduce costs. “This study shows investments in improving hospital nurse staffing would result in higher quality of care and greater productivity which could improve access to public hospitals,” says Dr. Aiken. More
Linda Aiken, Marta Simonetti, Douglas Sloane, Consuelo Cerón, Paz Soto, David Bravo, Alejandra Galiano, Jere Behrman, Herbert Smith, Matthew McHugh, Eileen Lake. Hospital nurse staffing and patient outcomes in Chile: a multilevel cross-sectional study. The Lancet Global Health 9(8): e1145-e1153, doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00209-6.
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CHOPR Research confirms why hospitals should hire more nurse practitioners. A new CHOPR study published in Medical Care shows that hospitals employing more inpatient nurse practitioners have lower surgical mortality, higher patient satisfaction, and lower costs of care. “This is the first large study to document the significant added value of hospitals employing nurse practitioners in acute inpatient hospital care as well as having good RN staffing,” says Dr. Linda H. Aiken. More
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Addressing systemic inequities linked to readmission disparities for minority patients.Dr. Margo Brooks Carthon is lead author of the new study in Nursing Research that found Black ischemic stroke patients were adversely affected in care settings with insufficient nursing resources. “Tailoring nurse staffing levels to meet the needs of Black ischemic stroke patients represents a promising intervention to address systemic inequities linked to readmission disparities among minority stroke patients," says Brooks Carthon. More
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COVID 19: Learning about nurses’ moral distress during crisis care.During the pandemic, nurses continue to deliver a crisis standard of care, which requires allocating and using scarce medical resources. This care, in the context of COVID-19, requires nurses to balance their duty to care for patients while protecting themselves and their families. Dr. Eileen T. Lake and her team report on what they discovered in a new paper from the Journal of Advanced Nursing. More
Eileen Lake, Aliza Narva, Sara Holland, Jessica Smith, Emily Cramer, Kathleen Rosenbaum, Rachel French, Rebecca Clark, Jeannette Rogowski. Hospital nurses' moral distress and mental health during COVID-19. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 00, 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15013.
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Nurses Deserve Better.
So Do Their Patients.
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Large Percentage of Nurses Struggling with Burnout
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COVID-19 Traveling Nurses
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Dr. Linda H. Aiken called upon policymakers to implement safer nurse-to-patient ratios in a recent New York Times Op-Ed, “While we long to go back to pre-COVID life, going back to chronic nurse understaffing in hospitals, nursing homes, and schools would be a big mistake,” she wrote. Last month, Dr. Aiken appeared on CBS This Morning/WCBS. The TV interview covered nurse burnout amid COVID-19. Aiken told viewers the problem is there aren't enough funded, permanent, full-time positions for nurses in the settings where they’re needed most.
Dr. Karen Lasater discussed how to keep the nursing shortage from getting worse on Tradeoffs, a podcast that tells engaging stories about the complicated, costly and often counterintuitive world of health care. Listen here. Lasater also spoke to National Public Radio reporters about nurse staffing, travel nurses, and the so-called "nursing shortage," explaining to listeners, "It’s not a nursing shortage... it’s a shortage of well-funded positions for nurses.” Listen here.
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Senior Fellow and CHOPR Alumna, Dr. Marta Simonetti was invited by the University de los Andes Directive Board to be the keynote speaker at the University's annual conference. A notable honor, only one professor each year is chosen to give a lecture. It is the first time a nurse faculty member has been invited to address the faculty at this event.
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President Joe Biden has appointed Senior Fellow and Alumna, Dr. Christopher Friese, to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which advises the President, his cabinet, and federal officials on policies pertaining to cancer research. Friese is a dedicated and hard working interdisciplinary nurse scientist who is passionate about improving care for patients with cancer. More
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Senior Fellow, Dr. James Buchan has just published a paper on health workforce governance and COVID-19 responses in Europe, in a special issue of the WHO-affiliated journal Eurohealth, which was released at the time of the annual session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe: Buchan specializes in developing strategic intelligence and policy advice at the national and international level..
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CHOPR Senior Fellow and Alumna, Dr. Lusine Poghosyan, launched a new research center at Columbia University. The Center for Healthcare Delivery Research and Innovations sets out to be a leader in cutting-edge health care systems and health services research. Its purpose is to advance the mission of Columbia University School of Nursing and the nursing profession.
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The CHOPR Newsletter is published quarterly at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Contact Andrea Barol with any questions or comments at ajb@nursing.upenn.edu.
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