Economic Tool - Nursing Shortage

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at the increasing problem in the USA of a reduced number of nurses. The paper explains the reasons for the shortage and provides some recommendations to possible help the situation. The author has also provided a graph illustrating the demand and supply.

Demand
Supply
Educational Preparation of Faculty
Productivity
Ohio Nursing Education and Nursing Shortage
The Problem
Recommendations
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The nursing shortage is a serious and growing problem in the United States and globally. Complicating the shortage of registered nursing is the increase of patient census due to the aging baby boomers with increasing medical problems. According to Sreekanth Chaguturu of The New England Journal of Medicine, there are 126,000 unfilled nursing positions in U.S. hospitals. Compounding this problem is declining enrollment in nursing programs and nursing faculty. Increasing demands on nurses partially as a result of the nursing shortage have led to career burnout with 20% of nurses retiring early. The Department of Health and Human Services projects that by 2020, the shortage of registered nurses in relation to demand will reach 29 percent, with more than 1 million nursing positions open. (Sreekanth, C, et al. 2005) The concerning interpretation of the graph below is the equilibrium of the nursing shortage and supply. The nursing shortage problem has spanned over 20 years and during no point in the twenty year span has the equilibrium between supply and demand been evident."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Nursing Education and Nursing Shortage by the Ohio Nurse Association (2008) Retrieved November 30, 2008 from http://ohnurses.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=1522&T M
• Sreekanth, C, & Snigdha, V. (2005) Aiding and Abetting - Nursing Crises at Home and Abroad, The New England Journal of Medicine, 353:1761-1763, 17, Retrieved November 27, 2008, from http://content.enjm.org/cgi/content/full/353/17/1761
• Yordy, K, (2008) The Nursing Faculty Shortage: A Crisis For Health Care, Association of Academic Health Centers, Retrieved from http://www.ahcnet.org/pdf/factors_affecting_the_health_workforce_2005.pdf

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