A new model aims to help hospitals and health system leaders better understand how investments in nursing contribute to financial sustainability.  Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in Baltimore and Marquette University College of Nursing in Milwaukee introduced the Nursing Human Capital Value Model Oct. 7, during a preview event for the American Nurses Enterprise’s annual Research Symposium.

The model is the product  of a two-year study led by the American Nurses Enterprise Institute for Nursing Research and Quality Management. It is intended to serve as a framework that hospital and health system leaders can use to quantify and communicate how investments in nursing directly contribute to improved patient outcomes, cost savings and sustainable financial perf

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