Dr. Matthew McHugh, PhD, JD, MPH, RN, CRNP, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has had his research article, “Nurses' Widespread Job Dissatisfaction, Burnout, and Frustration with Health Benefits Signal Problems For Patient Care,” selected as one of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF) Top Five Most Influential Research Articles of 2011.
The RWJF reviewed grantee research that contributed significantly or influenced the field of research in some way, and polled the public to help select the final five articles. Votes were cast by more than 2,200 people from all 50 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
Articles were selected based on the following criteria:
• The research article guided policy and practice
• The article influenced how the public thinks about health and healthcare issues
• The article changed long-held perceptions of the healthcare field at large
In 2011,
McHugh won a competitive grant from the RWJF to study the relationship between where people live, where they receive hospital care, and the outcomes of that care. He was one of just 12 nurse educators from around the country to receive the RWJF's three-year $350,000 Nurse Faculty Scholar award. It is given to junior faculty who show outstanding promise as future leaders in academic nursing.