Dr. Orly Toren

Head of the Department of Nursing

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About

Dr. Orly Toren is engaged in many broad management positions in the medical and nursing systems. In addition, she has a rich academic background in teaching and writing. Dr. Toren wrote the first book on nursing management in Hebrew and several chapters in the international literature on the health system in Israel. She is an expert in policy and management on behalf of the Ministry of Health and specializes in researching health and nursing policy in Israel.

Teaching Areas

Research, safety and risk management, health economics, and the health system in Israel.

Research interests

Nursing manpower, health policy, health outcomes, quality in health.

Selected Publications

Toren, O., Picker, O. (2009). Nursing leadership and management in Israeli hospitals (eds). Jerusalem: Magnes.
Nirel, N., Riba S., Reicher, S., Toren, O. (2010). Registered nurses in Israel: Workforce Supply - Patterns and Trends .. Jerusalem: Myers - JDC - Brookdale
Toren, O., Nirel, N., Tzur, Y., Toker, A. (2013). Professional Boundaries between Physicians and Nurses: Neonatology - a Case Study. Jerusalem: Myers - JDC - Brookdale Institute, Research report.
Toren O., Lipschuetz, M, (2016). M. Health and Healthcare in Israel. In the Global Health, Issues and Policies. C. Holtz Eds. Jones and Bartlett Publishers., Boston, MA.
(DeKeyser- Ganz, F., Margalith, I., Benbinishty, J., Hirschfeld, M., Wagner, N., Toren, O. (2018). A Conflict of Values: Nurses' Willingness to Work under Threatening Conditions. Journal of Nursing Scholarship (accepted).

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