More thoughts on the nursing shortage

Resolving the nursing shortage: nursing job satisfaction on the rise.

The global impact of the nursing shortage.

the outflow of nurses to more affluent countries was a serious problem, worsening the shortage that already exists.” The Ghana Registered Nurses Association reported that in 2000, some 500 nurses left Ghana for higher pay in other countries. This is three times the number of nurses that left in 1999, and double the number of nurses that Ghana graduated in that same year. Reports from Europe are...

A physician prescription for the nursing shortage.

In 2003, the Colorado Permanente Medical Group (CPMG), a 780-member, multispecialty physician group that provides ambulatory and hospital care principally in metropolitan Denver and Boulder, embarked upon a multifaceted program to leverage physician leadership to address the nursing shortage. Designated as the "Preferred Clinical Partner Program" (the PCP Program), CPMG sought to participate in...

The nursing shortage: a worldwide problem.

A worldwide shortage of nurses has been acknowledged by the multidisciplinary Global Advisory Group of the World Health Organization. The shortage is caused by an increased demand for nurses, while fewer people are choosing nursing as a profession and the current nurses worldwide are aging. The shortage applies to nurses in practice as well as the nurse faculty who teach students. The inter-cou...

Nursing shortage redux: turning the corner on an enduring problem.

Projections of a substantial nursing workforce imbalance in the coming decade have galvanized policymakers, providers, private foundations, nurses, and others to proffer aggressive and sustainable strategies to ameliorate the looming shortage. The solutions are largely ones that seek to increase supply. Analysis of the 1992-2000 National Sample Surveys of Registered Nurses shows that increasing...