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A study released by the RN Work Project finds that newly licensed RNs who experience verbal abuse from nurse colleagues report lower job satisfaction, unfavorable perceptions of their work place and are more likely to leave their job than nurses who do not experience abuse.

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched the Future of Nursing Scholars,a new program to increase the number of nurses holding PhDs.

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Announcement of grants to support the implementation of recommendations in the Institute of Medicine report "The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health."

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A new study reveals that the health of critically ill newborns is endangered by insufficient nurse staffing. The national study finds that very few neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) provide sufficient numbers of nurses to meet guidelines and that the most vulnerable babies are also the most understaffed.

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Rap music has gone from an art form that largely warned against the dangers of substance abuse to one that often glorifies illegal drug use, according to the first systematic social science study of the genre covering nearly two decades. The study is published in the April 2008 issue of Addiction Research & Theory, a peer reviewed scientific journal.

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In a new study, Repace and Johnson found that these high-tech systems were no match for secondhand smoke and may, in fact, perform worse than standard "dilution" ventilation. The study looked at air quality before and after a smoking ban in a restaurant/bar in Toronto, Canada, and compared the level of smoking-related cancer-causing chemicals and toxic particles in the air of non-smoking and smoking sections of two dining/drinking establishments in Mesa, Arizona.

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The scientist who first measured the effects of secondhand smoke. Co-creators of a treatment model that enables large numbers of people to stop their substance abuse. A trailblazing lawyer who has protected the rights of people in recovery. The activist surgeon leading efforts to change laws that discourage doctors from counseling alcohol-abusing trauma patients.