Michelle Tellez

Nursing informatics education past, present, and future.

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) has put pressure on hospitals and provider organizations to increase the “meaningful use” of health information technology (IT) to improve health outcomes and decrease healthcare costs. In order for that to happen, the healthcare workforce must be prepared to use technology effectively. Several nursing, health services, and national policy organizations have urged BSN programs to review their curricula and increase informatics training, computer competency, information literacy, and information management. This article reviews the policy recommendations for curricular changes, assesses the present state of nursing informatics education, and suggests different Key Points: •Need for changes in nursing informatics education •Recommendations for nursing informatics education •Framework for change management in curricular changes paths for programs to embark on this arduous process. Regardless of the path a BSN program chooses, it must find the resources to train its faculty and administration to make informed curricular decisions. Release time is required for the overburdened BSN faculty to find time to increase their knowledge, skills, and attitudes toward curricular change and informatics education.

Do wages matter?: A backward bend in the 2004 California RN labor supply

Using data from the 2004 California Board of Registered Nursing Survey, a two-stage least-square equation was estimated to examine the effect of wages on hours worked by female registered nurses. Wages were found to have a nonlinear effect on hours worked, with a backward bending supply curve. Wages had a positive effect on the average hours worked per week up to

California Hispanic nurses: analysis of 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008 survey data.

24.99 per hour and a negative effect between

Você é tão inteligente!: por que não estudou medicina?

30.00 and

You are so smart!: why didn't you study medicine?

100.00 per hour when compared with the wage category of

¡Eres tan inteligente!: ¿por qué no estudiaste medicina?

25.00 to

The great recession of 2007 and California nurses: a descriptive analysis.

29.99. Results suggest that wages are important to secure the labor supply but do not increase aggregate supply beyond a wage threshold.

Work satisfaction among California registered nurses: a longitudinal comparative analysis.

Using data from the California Board of Registered Nursing Surveys of 1997, 2004, 2006 and 2008, this study explores demographic, human capital, and work environment changes in the Hispanic RN population and compared these changes to those occurring among non-Hispanic Whites. Results find several significant differences between the two groups. The most important finding is that Hispanic RNs enter and leave the profession at younger ages than their non-Hispanic White counterparts. There is an abrupt decrease in the proportion of Hispanic RNs after age 50, while the proportion non-Hispanic White continues to increase until age 65. Decided action is needed to increase recruitment and retention of Hispanic RNs in order to increase nurse-patient concordance and abate the looming nurse shortage.

California nurse staffing law and RN workforce changes.

You are so smart! Why didn’t you study medicine? Each nurse that is asked this question cringes. It is meant as a complement, but it is really an insult. This statement implies that although you are smart, you made a bad choice. The person asking really pities you for wasting your brain. In the public eye, being a nurse requires dedication and selfl essness, not intellect(1). This is true in the United States as well, a place where Nurses have been the most respected professional group for several decades(2). Respect and admiration clearly do not translate into power and leadership. In order to increase nurse power and leadership in healthcare environments, nurses must increase their level of education and speak about our work with agency(1).¡Eres tan inteligente! ¿Por qué no estudiaste medicina? Cada enfermera a la que se le formula esta pregunta se siente abochornada. La expresión se usa como cumplido, pero en realidad es entendida casi como un insulto. Esta afi rmación implica que, a pesar de ser inteligente, hiciste una mala elección. La persona que pregunta, en verdad se lamenta por ti, por el mal empleo de tus capacidades. Según el inconsciente colectivo, ser una enfermera requiere de dedicación y altruismo, no de intelecto(1). Esto es una verdad en los Estados Unidos también, un lugar en el que las Enfermeras han constituido uno de los grupos profesionales más respetados a lo largo de varias décadas(2). Respeto y admiración, claramente, no se traducen en poder y liderazgo. Apuntando a incrementar el poder y liderazgo de la Enfermería en las áreas de cuidado de la salud, las enfermeras deben mejorar su nivel educativo y hablar de su trabajo con propiedad y autoridad.

Isn't an Alcohol- or Drug-addicted Adolescent Worth a Penny? Self-Funding Programs Can Make a Difference☆

You are so smart! Why didn’t you study medicine? Each nurse that is asked this question cringes. It is meant as a complement, but it is really an insult. This statement implies that although you are smart, you made a bad choice. The person asking really pities you for wasting your brain. In the public eye, being a nurse requires dedication and selfl essness, not intellect(1). This is true in the United States as well, a place where Nurses have been the most respected professional group for several decades(2). Respect and admiration clearly do not translate into power and leadership. In order to increase nurse power and leadership in healthcare environments, nurses must increase their level of education and speak about our work with agency(1).¡Eres tan inteligente! ¿Por qué no estudiaste medicina? Cada enfermera a la que se le formula esta pregunta se siente abochornada. La expresión se usa como cumplido, pero en realidad es entendida casi como un insulto. Esta afi rmación implica que, a pesar de ser inteligente, hiciste una mala elección. La persona que pregunta, en verdad se lamenta por ti, por el mal empleo de tus capacidades. Según el inconsciente colectivo, ser una enfermera requiere de dedicación y altruismo, no de intelecto(1). Esto es una verdad en los Estados Unidos también, un lugar en el que las Enfermeras han constituido uno de los grupos profesionales más respetados a lo largo de varias décadas(2). Respeto y admiración, claramente, no se traducen en poder y liderazgo. Apuntando a incrementar el poder y liderazgo de la Enfermería en las áreas de cuidado de la salud, las enfermeras deben mejorar su nivel educativo y hablar de su trabajo con propiedad y autoridad.