Geri L. Dickson, PhD, RN, is founder and Executive Director of the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing affiliated with the Rutgers University College of Nursing.Linda Flynn, PhD, RN, is currently the Director of Research of the New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing, Rutgers College of Nursing, where she also serves as Assistant Professor. She has taught courses in research and policy to masters and doctoral students for many years.

• Contributors Foreword by Linda Aiken Preface by Geri L. Dickson and Linda FlynnAcknowledgementsList of FiguresList of Tables Section I: Discovering the Research-to-Policy ConnectionBack to the Future: From Evidence to Policy, Geri L. Dickson Nursing Outcomes Research: Connections to Workforce Issues and PolicyDecisions, Sean P. ClarkeLessons Learned, Geri L. Dickson Section II: Toward Evidence-Based Policy: Collecting and Managing the Data Introduction, Geri L. DicksonAddressing the Complexities of Survey Research, Patricia Moulton, Linda M. Lacey, Linda Flynn, Christine Tassone Kovner and Carol S. BrewerForecasting a State Supply and Demand of RNs Using the Revised 2005 HRSA Models, Lynn Unruh and Valerie DaneshMissing Data Effects on Nurse Workforce Analysis and Projections, Jennifer G. NooneyLessons Learned, Linda FlynnSection III: Research and Workplace PolicyIntroduction, Geri L. DicksonWork Satisfaction among Staff Nurses in Acute Care Hospitals, Carol S. Brewer and Christine Tassone Kovner Workload, Quality of Care, and Job Satisfaction in Home Health Nurses, Linda Flynn The Emotional Demands of Nursing, Rebecca J. EricksonLessons Learned, Geri L. DicksonSection IV: Research and Educational PolicyIntroduction, Geri L. DicksonNursing's Long-Term Pipeline: A Study of High Schools Student Using a Unique Data Collection Approach, Rebecca Rudel and Patricia MoultonThe Looming Crisis of an Inadequate Pipeline for Nursing Faculty, Brenda Cleary, James W. Bevill, Jr., Linda Lacey, and Jennifer G. Nooney Clinical Simulation and the Need for Evidence-Based Policy, Felissa R. Lashley and Wendy NehringLessons Learned, Geri L. DicksonSection V: Funding the Research-to-Policy ConnectionIntroduction, Linda FlynnOf Horses & Ponies: Taking Your Show to Washington, Claudia L. McDonaldAHRQ Funding Opportunities for Nurse Researchers, Kathleen Kendrick, Gail S. Makulowich, and Mary L. GradyFrom Issues to Action: How the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Influences Health Policy, Lori Melichar and Susan B. HassmillerA Metaphor for Addressing the Nurse Shortage in Oregon, Judith L. WoodruffLesson Learned, Linda FlynnSection VI: Making the Research-to-Policy ConnectionIntroduction, Linda FlynnPolicy Development and Nursing, Lucille A. JoelState Funding for Nurse Faculty Loan Repayment: The Vermont Experience, Mary Val Palumbo Using Research to Influence Federal Policy: The Nephrology Nurses' Experience, Linda Flynn, Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins, and Sandra M. BodinLessons Learned, Linda FlynnEpilogueFrom Research to Policy - The Ultimate Translation, Linda Flynn and Geri L. DicksonIndex