title: Hospital initiatives to support a better-educated workforce.
abstract: A 2003 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association documented that mortality rates from common surgical procedures were significantly lower in hospitals employing more staff nurses prepared at the baccalaureate level. In this report, that study's authors review case studies of 6 hospitals that demonstrate the kinds of initiatives employers are sponsoring to support a better-educated nurse workforce.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096, USA.
authors.forename: Robyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Linda H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Aiken
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D001130:Arizona; D019985:Benchmarking; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000458:organization & administration; D004522:Educational Status; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D009515:New Jersey; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009820:Ohio; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010414:Pennsylvania; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing; D014146:Training Support / Q000458:organization & administration*