K Jane Muir
Biographic Data
| ID | 5541319 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Jane Muir |
| GIVEN NAMES | K Jane |
| FAMILY NAME | Muir |
| SIGNATURE | MUIR K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0815-1340 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reducing Readmission Disparities in Hospitals Serving High Volumes of Patients With Limited English Proficiency: Evidence From New Jersey
BACKGROUND: Despite national attention to address disparities in health care, significant language-based health inequities exist in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether readmissions for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are associated with the LEP volume of the hospital and to determine whether and to what extent the effect of hospital LEP volume on readmissions for LEP patients is conditional on the hospitals' nurse w…
Evaluating Emergency Department Utilization among Undocumented Patients Receiving Care at a Community Health Clinic
Undocumented immigrants in the US rely on community health clinics (CHCs) and emergency departments (EDs) for preventive and acute care due to health insurance ineligibility and financial constraints. CHCs provide low-cost, accessible healthcare for thousands of undocumented immigrants in cities throughout the U.S. Limited evidence exists on this population's use of EDs despite establishing care in CHCs. This cross-sectional study described the k…
Improving Hospital Care for Patients Experiencing Communication Barriers Through Nurse-Endorsed Strategies
Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are more likely to experience suboptimal health care outcomes, including avoidable emergency department visits and hospital readmissions. Despite legal requirements in the United States to provide patients with LEP language access services such as certified interpreters during care encounters, gaps in these necessary care processes persist. Nurses provide the majority of direct care to patients with…
Hospital Ownership Type Correlated With Investments in Nursing Services: Evidence From Illinois
BACKGROUND: The association between hospital ownership type and patient care quality has garnered increased public attention. OBJECTIVES: To describe differences in investments in nursing services, care quality and safety, and nurse job outcomes among for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals in Illinois. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive case study of hospital nursing services, patient care quality and safety outcomes, and nurse job ou…
Mapping Segregation Patterns of Hospital Care among Patients with Limited English Proficiency
Individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) are disproportionately more likely to experience suboptimal care outcomes compared to English-proficient individuals, attributed to multi-level social determinants of health, including the quality of the hospital where LEP patients are more likely to receive care. Evidence demonstrates that racial minority patients are more often admitted to lower-quality hospitals serving high proportions of min…
Covid-19 Mortality Disparities Among Socially Vulnerable Medicare Beneficiaries Associated With the Quality of Nurse Work Environments in U.S. Hospitals
COVID-19 mortality disparities for socially vulnerable patients, including individuals facing higher levels of poverty, housing insecurity, and limited transportation, have been linked to the quality of hospitals where they received care. Few studies have examined the specific aspects of hospitals, such as nursing care quality, that may underlie disparate outcomes. Recent studies suggest that nursing resources in the pre-pandemic period were asso…
Alternative Models of Nurse Staffing May Be Dangerous in High-Stakes Hospital Care
BACKGROUND: Hospitals are resurrecting the outdated "team nursing" model of staffing that substitutes lower-wage staff for registered nurses (RNs). OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether reducing the proportion of RNs to total nursing staff in hospitals is in the best interest of patients, hospitals, and payers. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional, retrospective. SUBJECTS: In all, 6,559,704 Medicare patients in 2676 general acute-care US hospitals in 2019.…
Physician and Nurse Well-Being and Preferred Interventions to Address Burnout in Hospital Practice: Factors Associated With Turnover, Outcomes, and Patient Safety
This cross-sectional survey study of physicians and nurses practicing in US Magnet hospitals found that hospitals characterized as having too few nurses and unfavorable work environments had higher rates of clinician burnout, turnover, and unfavorable patient safety ratings. Clinicians wanted action by management to address insufficient nurse staffing, insufficient clinician control over workload, and poor work environments; they were less intere…
“You have to ask yourself when you've had enough”: An ethnography of multi-level nurse burnout cultural impacts in the emergency department
Burnout impacts 50-55% of emergency department nurses; nurse burnout cultural impacts in this setting are under-explored. • This ethnography revealed an explanatory model of nurse burnout impacts, “The Pathway of Burnout”. • cultural clash was identified between pervasive nurse burnout culture and a culture of patient safety
Room to Reflect”: A Pilot Workplace Resiliency Intervention for Nurses
Rising workload demands for nurses necessitate the implementation of easily accessible and innovative clinician well-being resources on health care units. This pre/post pilot study sought to measure the impact of a mobile workplace intervention, “Room to Reflect” on staff nurse and nurse manager resilience. A mobile toolbox with a sound machine, Virtual Reality headset, and associated Quick Response code audio/video offerings, and a paper Pocket …
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“You have to ask yourself when you've had enough”: An ethnography of multi-level nurse burnout cultural impacts in the emergency department
Burnout impacts 50-55% of emergency department nurses; nurse burnout cultural impacts in this setting are under-explored. • This ethnography revealed an explanatory model of nurse burnout impacts, “The Pathway of Burnout”. • cultural clash was identified between pervasive nurse burnout culture and a culture of patient safety
Room to Reflect”: A Pilot Workplace Resiliency Intervention for Nurses
Rising workload demands for nurses necessitate the implementation of easily accessible and innovative clinician well-being resources on health care units. This pre/post pilot study sought to measure the impact of a mobile workplace intervention, “Room to Reflect” on staff nurse and nurse manager resilience. A mobile toolbox with a sound machine, Virtual Reality headset, and associated Quick Response code audio/video offerings, and a paper Pocket …
Physician and Nurse Well-Being and Preferred Interventions to Address Burnout in Hospital Practice: Factors Associated With Turnover, Outcomes, and Patient Safety
This cross-sectional survey study of physicians and nurses practicing in US Magnet hospitals found that hospitals characterized as having too few nurses and unfavorable work environments had higher rates of clinician burnout, turnover, and unfavorable patient safety ratings. Clinicians wanted action by management to address insufficient nurse staffing, insufficient clinician control over workload, and poor work environments; they were less intere…
Mapping Segregation Patterns of Hospital Care among Patients with Limited English Proficiency
Individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) are disproportionately more likely to experience suboptimal care outcomes compared to English-proficient individuals, attributed to multi-level social determinants of health, including the quality of the hospital where LEP patients are more likely to receive care. Evidence demonstrates that racial minority patients are more often admitted to lower-quality hospitals serving high proportions of min…
Covid-19 Mortality Disparities Among Socially Vulnerable Medicare Beneficiaries Associated With the Quality of Nurse Work Environments in U.S. Hospitals
COVID-19 mortality disparities for socially vulnerable patients, including individuals facing higher levels of poverty, housing insecurity, and limited transportation, have been linked to the quality of hospitals where they received care. Few studies have examined the specific aspects of hospitals, such as nursing care quality, that may underlie disparate outcomes. Recent studies suggest that nursing resources in the pre-pandemic period were asso…
Alternative Models of Nurse Staffing May Be Dangerous in High-Stakes Hospital Care
BACKGROUND: Hospitals are resurrecting the outdated "team nursing" model of staffing that substitutes lower-wage staff for registered nurses (RNs). OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether reducing the proportion of RNs to total nursing staff in hospitals is in the best interest of patients, hospitals, and payers. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional, retrospective. SUBJECTS: In all, 6,559,704 Medicare patients in 2676 general acute-care US hospitals in 2019.…
Evaluating Emergency Department Utilization among Undocumented Patients Receiving Care at a Community Health Clinic
Undocumented immigrants in the US rely on community health clinics (CHCs) and emergency departments (EDs) for preventive and acute care due to health insurance ineligibility and financial constraints. CHCs provide low-cost, accessible healthcare for thousands of undocumented immigrants in cities throughout the U.S. Limited evidence exists on this population's use of EDs despite establishing care in CHCs. This cross-sectional study described the k…
Improving Hospital Care for Patients Experiencing Communication Barriers Through Nurse-Endorsed Strategies
Patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are more likely to experience suboptimal health care outcomes, including avoidable emergency department visits and hospital readmissions. Despite legal requirements in the United States to provide patients with LEP language access services such as certified interpreters during care encounters, gaps in these necessary care processes persist. Nurses provide the majority of direct care to patients with…
Hospital Ownership Type Correlated With Investments in Nursing Services: Evidence From Illinois
BACKGROUND: The association between hospital ownership type and patient care quality has garnered increased public attention. OBJECTIVES: To describe differences in investments in nursing services, care quality and safety, and nurse job outcomes among for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals in Illinois. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional, descriptive case study of hospital nursing services, patient care quality and safety outcomes, and nurse job ou…
Reducing Readmission Disparities in Hospitals Serving High Volumes of Patients With Limited English Proficiency: Evidence From New Jersey
BACKGROUND: Despite national attention to address disparities in health care, significant language-based health inequities exist in the United States. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether readmissions for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) are associated with the LEP volume of the hospital and to determine whether and to what extent the effect of hospital LEP volume on readmissions for LEP patients is conditional on the hospitals' nurse w…
Medicine (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Health care (6 works) · Nursing education and management (4 works) · Acute care (3 works) · Emergency Medicine (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Family medicine (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout (3 works)