Applying the Patient Empowerment, Engagement, and Activation Survey to Improve Patient Outcomes.

This article focuses on applying the patient empowerment, engagement, and activation (PEEA) model as an implementation strategy to achieve patient- or person-centered care. There is substantial evidence linking PEEA to improved patient care outcomes and reduced healthcare costs. Interrelationships among the 3 concepts are discussed and how the PEEA survey can be used to evaluate patients' activation for self-care postdischarge and their perceptions of nurses' empowering and engaging them during the care encounter.

Leveraging a funding collaborative to develop more PhD prepared nurse scientists and leaders.

Background: Over its almost 50 year history, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has provided about $500M to nursing initiatives focused on education, practice, policy and leadership development. While RWJF was most often the sole funder of many of these initiatives, it has also joined with others to create a larger and more sustained impact on particularly challenging nursing, health, and health care issues.

Purpose: The purpose of this article was to describe the challenges and opportunities of a unique funding collaborative developed to engage new partners, increase the visibility of doctoral nursing education and increase funding of the RWJF Future of Nursing Scholars program to develop more PhD prepared nurses and nurse faculty.

A 1-Year Accredited Nurse Residency Program's Effect on Intent to Leave.

Objective: This article describes the evaluation of a system-wide program to enhance new graduate nurse resident (NGNR) experience, enculturation, and commitment to the organization.

Background: Structured nurse residency programs support NGNR transition to the work environment and increase retention and organizational commitment.

Methods: The study used a descriptive, comparative design measuring NGNR perceptions of affective commitment, job satisfaction, job stress, and other variables over 3 times from baseline to 24 months.