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Researcher studying how nurses add value to health care and improve patient outcomes. Associate Professor @Penn_CHOPR @PennLDI

Philadelphia, PA
Joined July 2010
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.@RepMGS @SenFettermanPA @SenBobCasey I urge you to fully fund and cosponsor HR 7153/S 3679 to reauthorize the Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act, which provides critical support and resources to address the mental health challenges that health workers face.
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Congratulations to CHOPR Associate Director @EileenLake_Penn on her induction into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame by @SigmaNursing! #Singapore #Nurses4All #CHOPR #UPennNursing
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Karen Lasater PhD RN FAAN (she/her) retweeted
Penn CHOPR past, present, and future!
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.⁦@DrMargoBC⁩ shines as she introduces the stellar #AHIRGNI Emerging Diversity Fellows. Learn more about the program here: academyhealth.org/page/inter… ⁦@AcademyHealth⁩
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.⁦@Penn_CHOPR⁩ Rebecca Clark presents #AHIRGNI #ARM24 her work on incident reports in maternity care tldr communication is key to quality and safety
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Black women were disproportionately represented in incident reports and were less likely to experience positive communication during birth, relative to white women
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.⁦@EileenLake_Penn⁩ presents at #AHIRGNI #ARM24. The finding is in the title: hospitals that serve higher proportions of Black race patients also have worse nurse staffing. The finding highlights systemic differences in care
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.⁦@JaneMuir__⁩ explains that CA nurses in hospitals have better job outcomes and better staffing relative to non-CA nurses. Models show the better staffing explains the lower burnout in CA. #AHIRGNI ⁦@Penn_CHOPR⁩ #ARM24
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A packed room and a packed agenda @AcademyHealth #AHIRGNI #ARM24 - join the Interdisciplinary Research Group on Nursing Issues
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📻 5 mins listen here: audacy.com/podcast/kcbs-radi…… I discuss implications of 'team nursing' in hospitals, why substituting lower-wage nursing personnel for RNs is dangerous for patients, solutions for retaining RNs at the hospital bedside. @MedicalCareLWW journals.lww.com/lww-medical…
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Karen Lasater PhD RN FAAN (she/her) retweeted
Our new study in @MedicalCareLWW today showed that substituting #RNs w/ lower-wage staff in hospital care is linked w/more deaths, readmissions, longer hospital stays, poorer Pt. satisfaction, & higher costs of care. @k_lasater bit.ly/nursestaffingmodels nursing.upenn.edu/live/news/…
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Limited English proficiency is an overlooked research demographic‼️➡️ Read more in our latest viewpoint published in @AmJNurs @ASquiresPhDRN journals.lww.com/ajnonline/a…
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Karen Lasater PhD RN FAAN (she/her) retweeted
The public consistently ranks nursing as the most trusted profession. So it's remarkable that employers routinely undervalue — and understaff — such essential workers. trib.al/icSfWaU
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ER nurses who did not recommend their workplace to other clinicians as a good place to work described poor nurse and ancillary staffing levels, nonresponsive hospital leadership, unsafe working conditions, workplace violence, and a lack of feeling valued. ja.ma/4aPWyQv
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The leading reasons nurses left health care employment between 2018 and 2021: planned retirement (39%), burnout (26%), insufficient staffing (21%), and family obligations (18%). ja.ma/4cRcaFa
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Surveying 7,887 registered nurses who left health care employment from 2018-2021, researchers from @PennNursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (@Penn_CHOPR) found that nurses cited poor working conditions as a major reason for leaving. bit.ly/3W0beIu
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Karen Lasater PhD RN FAAN (she/her) retweeted
Discover Why Nurses Are Leaving: A New @PennNursing Study Sheds Light 💡 ➡️bit.ly/whynursesleave #NurseRetention #NurseBurnout #CHOPR #Nurses4All #Nursing @PennLDI @k_lasater @JaneMuir__
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📢#2: "Emergency Nurses’ Reasons for Not Recommending Their Hospital to Clinicians as a Good Place to Work" @JAMANetworkOpen jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… @Penn_CHOPR @DrMargoBC @RainaMerchant @k_lasater @PennLDI
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Karen Lasater PhD RN FAAN (she/her) retweeted
📢New publications out today in @JAMANetworkOpen ! #1 "Top Factors in Nurses Ending Health Care Employment Between 2018 and 2021". Read here jamanetwork.com/journals/jam… @JPoratDahler @NurseNikpour @k_lasater & Kathryn Leep-Lazar @Penn_CHOPR @PennLDI
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🌟 Nurses in CA, FL, NY, NJ, NM, IL, LA, WA, PA, OR 🌟 The #Nurses4All Survey is coming your way! Led by @Penn_CHOPR, it's your chance to voice your experiences in nursing work conditions, staffing, and environments confidentially. #NurseSurvey #ByNurses4Nurses #PolicyChange
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