Aug 5, 2014 | News Roundup
The following is the New Jersey Nursing Initiative (NJNI) weekly news roundup, highlighting nursing and health care stories from around the state.
N.J.’s county-run nursing homes face uncertain future as Medicaid funding dwindles (South Jersey Times)
County-run nursing homes used to be the norm in New Jersey, as local governments fulfilled residents’ needs for affordable care and comfort as they reached the end of life. The practice itself may be on borrowed time, however, as a recent report from the New Jersey Association of Counties paints a dim financial picture for county nursing homes in the years to come. Only eight counties in the state — Gloucester, Atlantic, Cape May, Bergen, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and Passaic — still run their own elderly care facilities, fighting against the tide of a changing health care funding system.
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Jul 29, 2014 | News Roundup
The following is the New Jersey Nursing Initiative (NJNI) weekly news roundup, highlighting nursing and health care stories from around the state.
Trinitas launches residency programs for nurses (Nurse.com)
Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth has introduced two residency programs for novice nurses to acquaint them with emergency and med/surg nursing through a 12-week program. “Such programs represent a trend among hospitals across the country to attract new nurses who are interested in refining their skills and transitioning into professional practice,” Denise Loneker, RN, nurse manager of the Trinitas ED, said in a news release.
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Jul 24, 2014 | News Roundup
Going back to school is not the kind of thing most people do when they’re pushing 70. But Aline Holmes, 67, a nurse leader in the field of health care quality and safety, is no slave to convention. “It was on my bucket list,” she says. “It’s one of the things I wanted to do before I die.”
Holmes is senior vice president for clinical affairs at the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) and director of the NJHA Institute for Quality & Safety—positions she has no intention of leaving any time soon. Indeed, she upped her workload at age 64—the traditional age of retirement—when she enrolled in a doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Read more of this article from Sharing Nursing’s Knowledge, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation e-publication.
Jul 15, 2014 | News Roundup
The following is the New Jersey Nursing Initiative (NJNI) weekly news roundup, highlighting nursing and health care stories from around the state.
Union County College Awarded Robert Wood Johnson Grant (Suburban News)
Union County College has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through its New Jersey Health Initiatives program to develop a seamless program for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) to directly transfer into a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program.
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Jul 8, 2014 | News Roundup
The following is the New Jersey Nursing Initiative (NJNI) weekly news roundup, highlighting nursing and health care stories from around the state.
Grants fund college’s nursing scholarships (NJ Biz)
Thomas Edison State College has received $700,000 in grants that will enable it to provide scholarships to about 50 nursing students over the next three years. They will participate in an intensive one-year program that addresses a looming nurse shortage in New Jersey. The school has received $650,000 from the Helene Fuld Health Trust and $50,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing scholarship program.
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