Number 3: September 2007

Overview and Summary

• Overview and Summary: The Value of RNs: How Can We Communicate our Economic Worth?
  Michael R. Bleich, PhD, RN, CNAA, BC, FAAN (September 30, 2007)

Articles

• Mandatory Hospital Nurse to Patient Staffing Ratios: Time to Take a Different Approach
  John M. Welton, PhD, RN (September 30, 2007)
• The Relationship of Nursing Workforce Characteristics to Patient Outcomes
  Nancy Dunton, PhD; Byron Gajewski, PhD; Susan Klaus, PhD, RN; Belinda Pierson, MA (September 30, 2007)
• The Costs and Benefits of Nurse Turnover: A Business Case for Nurse Retention
  Cheryl Bland Jones, RN, PhD, FAAN, Michael Gates, RN, PhD (September 30, 2007)
• Cost-Utility Analysis: A Method of Quantifying the Value of Registered Nurses
  Patricia M. Vanhook, PhD, APRN, BC (September 30, 2007)
• The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators^® (NDNQI^®)
  Isis Montalvo, MS, MBA, RN (September 30, 2007)