Nursing Shortage Redux: Turning The Corner On An Enduring Problem
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 21 (5), 157-164
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.21.5.157
Abstract
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 losses from the active workforce, stagnant wages, and low levels of job satisfaction pose major impediments to bolstering supply. Strategies focused on working conditions and retention should occupy a central position in any nursing workforce revitalization plan.Keywords
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