News from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Practicing a form of meditation and stretching can help relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and normalize stress hormone levels, according to a study of nurses.

At Boston's Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, nurses are addressing the emotional component and providing a care plan for those severely injured in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings.

Physicians and nurse practitioners are deeply split over whether nurse practitioners are an answer to the nation’s primary care shortage, according to a recent study in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The American Nurses Association will argue before the California Supreme Court against the American Diabetes Association on whether unlicensed personnel can administer insulin shots to children in California schools.

Young children who missed more than half of recommended well-child visits had up to twice the risk of hospitalization compared to children who attended most of their visits, according to a study of 20,000 children published in the American Journal of Managed Care.

Whether managing patient medication or being empathetic listeners, nurses are on the frontline of psychological care more than most people realize.

Referred to as the "Mother of Forensic Nursing" the determination of Virginia A. Lynch, MSN, RN, FAAFS, FAAN, to stop clinicians from unintentionally obstructing justice inspired a new nursing specialty.

Despite 75 percent owning personal smartphones, only a quarter of nurses at acute care hospitals have a smartphone available to support their nursing work, according to a survey by smartphone marketing company Voalte and nursing journal, American Nurse Today.

Bowie State University will offer an educator track to their Master of Science in Nursing degree program this fall to better prepare nurses as instructors in academic or health care settings.

New Jersey’s nursing school faculties will be replenished with 10 newly minted professors, due to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-sponsored New Jersey Nursing Initiative that aims to strengthen nursing education.

A new anthology of essays by 21 nurses called, “I Wasn’t Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse," shares the strength of these health care leaders over generations.

Gone are the days of written charts and repeated health history questions, as nurses continue paving the way for high-speed exchange of health care data to make informed decisions.

The American Psychiatric Association has released the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, which includes the first revision since 1994 of the classifications and criteria of mental disorders.

A neuroscience clinical nurse specialist responds to frequently asked questions about the use of pupillometers, which play an important role in the assessment of critically ill and injured patients.

While nurse practitioners are being sought to fill gaps in primary care shortages, a recent survey reveals doctors remain confident that they provide the higher quality of care to patients.

The University of Alabama School of Nursing has received a $720,000 four-year grant to study whether palliative care can be delivered by phone to rural patients.

Five influential health care organizations along with nurses, hospitalists, dieticians, and other providers have collaborated to launch a new interdisciplinary partnership to improve outcomes in hospitalized patients through nutrition intervention.

During the National Teaching Institute & Care Exposition in Boston (May 18-23), The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses will honor 25 nurses for achieving excellent outcomes in acute or critically ill patients.

A doctor reminded of the Hippocrates goal of medicine "to cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always," credits nurses for personifying this in patient care.

A dilemma of self-interest and transparency, in what situations should a nurse inform patients about their facility's staffing levels?