title: Toward a national policy for nursing.
abstract: New Jersey's Nursing Incentive Reimbursement Award program provides competitive grants to hospitals to develop innovative nursing service programs that improve patient care. The program's overarching concept is that nursing ideas and action should percolate up to the State Health Department level from the level of direct care providers.
authors.affiliation: New Jersey State Department of Health.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Weisfeld
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Amor
mesh_terms: D005380:Financing, Government; D006291:Health Policy; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D009729:Nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D012052:Reimbursement, Incentive; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce