A new national survey of more than 1,000 registered nurses suggests that serious barriers, including resistance from nursing leaders, prevent nurses from implementing evidence-based practices (EBP) that improve patient outcomes.
When survey respondents ranked these barriers, the top five included resistance from nursing leaders and nurse managers - a finding that hasn’t been reported in previous similar studies - as well as politics and organizational cultures that avoid change.
Timothy F. Landers, PhD, CNP, assistant professor at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, is one of just 12 outstanding nursing educators to win a competitive grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Nurse Faculty Scholars program this year. Landers will receive a three-year, $350,000 award to promote his academic career and support his research.
A College of Nursing faculty researcher from The Ohio State University is studying the effects of dietary fish oil supplementation on the healing of chronic venous leg ulcers (CVLUs).
Jennifer Bauman, an incoming doctoral degree student at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, has received an esteemed Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholar Program grant award.
The Ohio State University College of Nursing is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, 17th United States Surgeon General, as the College of Nursing dean’s distinguished professor of health promotion and entrepreneurship.
Nine organizations representing both the private and public sectors, including three from Ohio, received U.S. Healthiest’s HealthLead Workplace Accreditation and shared their strategies for investing in the health of their employees at the inaugural US Healthiest HealthLead Forum hosted by The Ohio State University and Ohio State’s College of Nursing.
Bernadette Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/PMHNP, FNAP, FAAN, associate vice president for health promotion, university chief wellness officer, and dean of the College of Nursing is featured in this month's National Institute of Nursing Research "Because of Nursing Research" for her program to help parents of premature infants.
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) announces the launch of a new program aimed at training more than 1,000 students, residents, fellows and practitioners to better serve Ohioans of all ages enrolled in the Medicaid program.
Usha Menon, PhD, RN, FAAN, vice dean and professor at The Ohio State University College of Nursing, and Linda Larkey, PhD, professor at the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation, have received a five-year, multi-site grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the dissemination of colorectal cancer screening education to underserved populations.
A record number of College of Nursing faculty members from The Ohio State University have been selected for induction into the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) on Oct. 13, 2012. Becoming a fellow in the Academy is a highly competitive process and recognizes individuals who have achieved notable national impact in the field.