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Carolyn Hayes, 2012 cohort member, reflects on how nurses provided quality care to patients and others traumatized by the bombing at the Boston Marathon.

The RWJF Human Capital Blog is asking diverse experts: What is and isn't working in health professions education today, and what changes are needed to prepare a high-functioning health and health care workforce that can meet the country's current and emerging needs? The 9/28 post is by Kate Driscoll Malliarakis, PhD, CNP, MAC.

Dr. Chater is named one of 40 RWJF Force Multipliers.

Executive Nurse Fellow Peggy Gordin, RN, MS: Making sure every health care provider has a say enhances patient safety and prevents crises at an award-winning children's hospital.

Nancy Ridenour, PhD, APRN, BC, FAAN, is dean of the University of New Mexico College of Nursing and an alumna of the RWJF Health Policy Fellows and Executive Nurse Fellows programs.

Not knowing a patient's wishes for end-of-life care can lead to expensive and sometimes unwanted medical interventions, causing some facilities to approach this sensitive conversation differently.

What the doctor has ordered for an overweight population: Indiana University Health has removed all sugary drinks from cafeterias, vending machines, and gift shops at two of its local hospitals.

A neuroscience clinical nurse specialist responds to frequently asked questions about the use of pupillometers, which play an important role in the assessment of critically ill and injured patients.

Changes in the marketplace have forced the public health community to wrestle with the idea that some tobacco products may pose less of a health risk than others, the new head of the Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco control efforts told an industry group on Thursday.

Parents and teachers often find themselves fighting to preserve recess, and physicians say it's a critical part of students' daily life. But can these short play breaks, already deemed invaluable, be made even more so with a little more organized activity? Perhaps. New research shows that children whose recess time is accompanied by coaches directing their play are a little more active than kids with comparatively unstructured recess. The research released Tuesday about Playworks, a nonprofit that provides recess coaches to low-income schools, shows that children at schools with Playworks coaches spend a little more time engaged in vigorous physical activity than peers at schools without these coaches.
Editor's Note: Playworks is an RWJF grantee.