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This session aims at filling the gaps in nurse workforce and nurse-related health outcomes. One paper will describe the diverse backgrounds among registered nurses (RNs), and explain the effects of such backgrounds on the nurse workforce supply in various measures, e.g., working full-time/part-time and annual working hours as RN at the national level. Another paper will demonstrate the gaps between the demand and the supply of the geriatric workforce including RNs, implying the geriatric workforce shortage at the national and the state levels. The third paper will measure the nurse-related outcomes in acute hospitals over time. Specifically, this study will identify and describe changes in nurse and "non-nurse" staffing that may have occurred as a result of the enactment of nurse-to-patient ratios between Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 and FY 2006 in California's acute care hospitals. The fourth paper will measure the public health nurse-related outcomes among women transitioning from welfare to work. Namely, this study will evaluate the impact of a public health nursing case management intervention on primary care access among women with a chronic illness enrolled in welfare transition programs.

Session Objectives: Analyze the effect of career backgrounds among nurses on the nurse workforce supply. Evaluate the gaps between the demand and the supply of the geriatric workforce including nurses. Analyze nurses' productivity in hospital since 2000. Evaluate the impact of a public health nursing case management intervention on primary care access.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)