NYU Data Catalog

Alternate Title(s): NHS, NHS I, NHS II, NHS3, GUTS, Growing Up Today Study, GUTS
Authors: Frank Speizer

Susan Hankinson

Walter Willett
Description: The Nurses' Health Studies (NHS) are long-running, questionnaire-based studies on women's health. The study was initiated in 1976 with the NHS cohort. The initial studies focus on cancer, cardiovascular disease and risk factors for chronic health issues in women. The latest cohort, NH3, has been expanded to include both male and female registered nurses and nursing students. Survey and biospecimen...
Subject: Cancer

Chronic Disease

Health Status

Population Characteristics

Risk Factors
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Alternate Title(s): NDNQI
Description: The Press Ganey National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®) provides quarterly and annual data on structure, process, and outcomes of nursing care. It is used by 2,000 hospitals nationally and is the largest provider of unit-level performance data to hospitals. It contains data on hospital acquired conditions and adverse events including catheter-associated urinary tract infections, central...
Subject: Health Care System

Quality of Health Care
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NYU Dataset

Authors: Christine T. Kovner
Description: This dataset consists of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth waves of a multi wave panel survey that studied newly licensed registered nurses who obtained their first license to practice between September 1, 2004 and August 31, 2005. It was conducted as part of the RN Work Project, a national study of new nurses funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The survey was conducted in...
Subject: Health Care System

Population Characteristics
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NYU Dataset

Authors: Christine T. Kovner
Description: This dataset includes information from surveys about quality improvement administered to newly licensed registered nurses who participate in the RN Work Project. The purpose of this study was to describe what newly licensed registered nurses working in hospitals learned about quality improvement in their education programs and workplaces. Quality improvement topics covered by the survey include patient-centered...
Subject: Health Care System

Quality of Health Care
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NYU Dataset

Authors: Christine T. Kovner
Description: This dataset represents surveys done on three cohorts of newly licensed registered nurses. These surveys were conducted as part of the RN Work Project. The survey interviewed nurses about their jobs; turnover; education; and intentions and attitudes, including satisfaction, organizational commitment, and preferences about work. The different cohorts are: Cohort 1: Nurses who obtained their first license...
Subject: Health Care System

Quality of Health Care
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NYU Dataset

Authors: Milla Arabadjian

Stephanie Serrato

Mark Sherrid
Description: This dataset was collected as part of a project to assess the availability and utilization of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in schools in New York State, one of a minority of states which require them in public schools. Between January to March 2018, active nurses who were members of the NYS Association of School Nurses were invited to complete an electronic survey in REDCap to provide information...
Timeframe: 2018
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