Contributors
Foreword by Linda Aiken
Preface by Geri L. Dickson and Linda Flynn
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Section I: Discovering the Research-to-Policy Connection
Back to the Future: From Evidence to Policy, Geri L. Dickson
Nursing Outcomes Research: Connections to Workforce Issues and Policy
Decisions, Sean P. Clarke
Lessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson
Section II: Toward Evidence-Based Policy: Collecting and Managing the Data
Introduction, Geri L. Dickson
Addressing the Complexities of Survey Research, Patricia Moulton, Linda M. Lacey, Linda Flynn, Christine Tassone Kovner and Carol S. Brewer
Forecasting a State Supply and Demand of RNs Using the Revised 2005 HRSA Models, Lynn Unruh and Valerie Danesh
Missing Data Effects on Nurse Workforce Analysis and Projections, Jennifer G. Nooney
Lessons Learned, Linda Flynn
Section III: Research and Workplace Policy
Introduction, Geri L. Dickson
Work Satisfaction among Staff Nurses in Acute Care Hospitals, Carol S. Brewer and Christine Tassone Kovner
Workload, Quality of Care, and Job Satisfaction in Home Health Nurses, Linda Flynn
The Emotional Demands of Nursing, Rebecca J. Erickson
Lessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson
Section IV: Research and Educational Policy
Introduction, Geri L. Dickson
Nursing's Long-Term Pipeline: A Study of High Schools Student Using a Unique Data Collection Approach,
Rebecca Rudel and Patricia Moulton
The Looming Crisis of an Inadequate Pipeline for Nursing Faculty, Brenda Cleary, James W. Bevill, Jr., Linda Lacey, and Jennifer G. Nooney
Clinical Simulation and the Need for Evidence-Based Policy, Felissa R. Lashley and Wendy Nehring
Lessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson
Section V: Funding the Research-to-Policy Connection
Introduction, Linda Flynn
Of Horses & Ponies: Taking Your Show to Washington, Claudia L. McDonald
AHRQ Funding Opportunities for Nurse Researchers, Kathleen Kendrick, Gail S. Makulowich, and Mary L. Grady
From Issues to Action: How the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Influences
Health Policy, Lori Melichar and Susan B. Hassmiller
A Metaphor for Addressing the Nurse Shortage in Oregon, Judith L. Woodruff
Lesson Learned, Linda Flynn
Section VI: Making the Research-to-Policy Connection
Introduction, Linda Flynn
Policy Development and Nursing, Lucille A. Joel
State Funding for Nurse Faculty Loan Repayment: The Vermont Experience, Mary Val Palumbo
Using Research to Influence Federal Policy: The Nephrology Nurses' Experience, Linda Flynn, Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, and Sandra M. Bodin
Lessons Learned, Linda Flynn
Epilogue
From Research to Policy - The Ultimate Translation, Linda Flynn and Geri L. Dickson
Index
