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New Medicare Model Produces Expert Nurses to Address Shortage of Primary Care
In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania researchers call for modernizing the way Medicare pays for training nurses, and highlight a successful new model of cost-effectively training more advanced practice nurses to practice community-based primary care.
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Nurse Practitioners Boost Presence By 43% In Rural America
In a study published in the June issue of Health Affairs, by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware, Vanderbilt University and the University of Pittsburgh, investigators found evidence to support an increasing workforce of nurse practitioners in both rural and non-rural primary care practice settings from 2008 to 2016.
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CHOPR: Surgical Patients with Dementia Fare Better with Higher Educated Nurses
A new study found that surgical patients with coexisting Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are more likely to die within 30 days of admission and to die following a complication compared with patients without ADRD. Having more nurses with at least a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the bedside improved the likelihood of good outcomes for all patients, but it had a much greater effect for patients with ADRD.
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CHOPR Associate Director, Dr. Eileen Lake, Named Editor-in-Chief of Research in Nursing & Health
Research in Nursing & Health is a top-tier, peer-reviewed journal that publishes a wide range of research to inform the practice of nursing and other health disciplines. “Becoming editor-in-chief of RINAH is a dream come true as it has always been the nursing research journal that best fits my broad view of nursing science,’ said Dr. Lake.
From The Media
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More graduate nurses boost post-surgical outcomes in dementia patients
Having more nursing staff educated to degree level providing treatment is linked to better outcomes in surgical patients with dementia, according to US researchers.
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Are Our Medical Centers Doing Enough to Insure Patient Safety?
The podcast Perspectives on Safety explores patient outcomes and nurse work environments with “the nation’s foremost expert on health policy and the nursing workforce.”
Around Penn
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Penn Nursing Re-designated a WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has been re-designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for Nursing and Midwifery Leadership for an additional four-year term. As a Collaborating Center, Penn Nursing commits to advancing the workplan of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) related to human resource development and the sustainable development goals (SDG’s) during each four-year cycle of work.
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CHOPR Researcher tells LDI gathering how to improve End-of-Life care
Assistant Professor and LDI Senior Fellow, Dr. Karen Lasater, told Penn Health Policy Retreat participants that only 15% of surveyed nurses rated their own hospital’s end-of-life care as “Excellent”