Abstract
The paper asserts that one of the most significant issues affecting nursing practice today is the shortage of nurses ("Nursing Shortage", 2008, sec. 1). The paper discusses how nursing shortages affect the nurse to patient ratio at facilities throughout the globe. The paper explains that when there is a high nurse to patient ratio the nurse is tasked with delivering quality care to all patients assigned and the more patients that are depending on the nurse for care, the harder this becomes. The paper discusses how this is because the nurse may have difficulty in treating two patients with severe illness, injury or disease at the same time, or administering life saving procedures to more than one patient in a given time period. The paper asserts that this creates a situation in which some patients suffer needlessly, do not have their needs met and/or may be faced with fatal consequences.

Tags:nursing, shortage, model

Abstract
In this article, the writer first looks at the background to the shortage in nursing staff. The writer discusses that in order to deal with growth within hospitals and in the health care industry, hospital administrators made cuts. The writer maintains that reductions were made in the nursing labor force as a way to control funds. The writer then looks at the effects and approaches to the nursing shortage.

From the Paper
"Over the past few decades hospitals began to see themselves as competitive businesses that needed to grow and become prosperous in the health care industry. In order to achieve this growth and prosperity hospital leaders determined that merging with other hospitals to form systems or conglomerates would be the most effective route. Yet, in order to accomplish this task the hospital administrators had to provide funding for their endeavor. Consequently it was found that one of the highest costs for the hospitals was labor, specifically nursing labor. Therefore, after some deliberation these hospital conglomerates elected to begin to reduce their nursing labor workforce in order to achieve the financial results that they desired."

Tags:nursing, shortage, health

Abstract
This paper outlines the current debate regarding the current and persistent nursing shortage in North America. Drawing on four additional sources to validate the severity of the issue, this editorial response to Julie Sochalski's article entitled "Nursing Shortage Redux: Turing the Corner On an Enduring Problem" is designed to showcase the issue itself and then evaluate a number of possible solutions to the problem based upon the suggested courses of action raised in the supporting articles.

From the Paper
"In her article "Nursing Shortage Redux: Turing the Corner On An Enduring Problem", Julie Sochalski suggests that nursing as a profession has unexpectedly reached a critical point in its evolution within the United States. The consequences of an aging population combined with the lure of..."

Tags:nursing, shortage, retention

Abstract
This paper addresses the nursing shortage in the United States and elsewhere, which is not a new phenomenon. This shortage can be traced to several factors, including those pertaining to personal and financial equity, the presence of more lucrative career options, high attrition rates of new graduates and personal satisfaction. This paper discusses the factors justifying the significance of the shortage, the consequences and possible solutions.

From the Paper
"The nursing shortage in the United States and elsewhere is not a new phenomenon. This shortage can be traced to several factors, including those pertaining to personal and financial equity, the presence of more lucrative career options, high attrition rates of new graduates and personal satisfaction. Obstacles such as insufficient enrollment and nurse population growth rates, faculty shortages, an aging nurse population, apart from job dissatisfaction and subsequent career changes are still prevalent and unaddressed (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2004). With the coming realization that the health care..."

Tags:nursing, shortage, issue

Abstract
This paper discusses the current nursing shortage in America and analyzes reasons for this trend. The paper explores some of the reasons nurses are leaving the profession, and the reasons others are not entering it. It looks at what nursing schools and hospitals are doing to attract more nurses and nursing students.

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"The nursing shortage in the United States and throughout the world is reaching staggering proportions Cooper Statistics show that half the nursing workforce will reach retirement age in years adding to the problem. Between and the average age of registered...."

Tags:nursing, shortage

Abstract
The paper explains how the nursing shortage can be traced to several factors, including those pertaining to personal and financial equity, the presence of more lucrative career options, high attrition rates of new graduates and the lack of personal satisfaction with one's work. The paper discusses how with the coming realization that the current health care infrastructure of the Unites States is less than satisfactory in terms of manpower and faces the real threat of being unable to meet demands for services as the "baby boomer" generation retires, health care professionals, particularly nurses, face an even bigger dilemma, that of maintaining a critical number of mentors to teach a new generation of nursing graduates.

From the Paper
"The nursing shortage in the United States and elsewhere is not a new phenomenon. This shortage can be traced to several factors, including those pertaining to personal and financial equity, the presence of more lucrative career options, high attrition rates of new graduates and the lack of personal satisfaction with one's work. With the coming realization that the current health care infrastructure of the Unites States is less than satisfactory in terms of manpower and faces the real threat of being unable to meet demands for services as the "baby boomer" generation retires, health care professionals, particularly nurses, face an even..."

Tags:nursing, shortage, faculty

Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses that in the past few decades a global crisis has developed that is currently impacting society significantly and that promises to continue to increase in severity in the next decade. That crisis is the nursing shortage. At the present time there are thousands of nursing positions that remain unfilled in the United States alone, with millions more being vacant across the globe. The writer maintains that this is because as health care facilities merged to become major health care conglomerates they elected to finance their ventures through labor cutbacks that especially impacted nursing.

From the Paper
"As the remaining nurses struggled to address their patient needs they were inundated with issues such as extended working hours, insufficient equipment to function in their duties and a reduction in wages. Therefore, it became the desire of many nurses to leave the profession, which reduced the number of qualified nursing professionals to a greater degree. However, those nurses that abhorred these conditions and elected to continue in their profession have also chosen to migrate to other countries, where they were welcomed and respected for their knowledge and skill. In the United States this meant even fewer nurses in the health care industry at a time when the 71 million member of the baby boomer generation are preparing to retire. Because of this factor it is now that health care managers, politicians and communities throughout the nation are desperately seeking solutions to the nursing ..."

Tags:nursing, shortage, issues

Abstract
The paper asserts that the nursing shortage in the United States and elsewhere is not a new phenomenon, nonetheless, it is a continuing struggle that, if left to its own devices, could jeopardize hundreds of patients in all health institutions worldwide. The paper discusses how this shortage can be traced to several factors, including those pertaining to personal and financial equity, the presence of more lucrative career options, high attrition rates of new graduates and personal satisfaction.

From the Paper
"The nursing shortage in the United States and elsewhere is not a new phenomenon. Nonetheless, it is a continuing struggle that, if left to its own devices, could jeopardize hundreds of patients in all health institutions worldwide. This shortage can be traced to several factors, including those pertaining to personal and financial equity, the presence of more lucrative career options, high attrition rates of new graduates and personal satisfaction."

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This paper relates to the issue of why the nursing shortage is occurring. One of the reasons this paper focuses on is the problem associated with the image of nursing and thus the reasons why people are not choosing it as a career option. The paper further discusses factors for perpetuating the mythic perceptions including the media and gender stereotypes. The paper offers a recommendation on how to overcome this issue.

From the Paper
"When the nursing shortage evident throughout the country in 1998 (Seago, Spetz, Alvarado, Keane & Grumbach, 2006) came to the attention of nursing associations and other industry professionals, most felt the shortage was a result of a number of factors intersecting: normal attrition, accident and injury, job stress and burnout and reduced numbers of students graduating from nursing schools. One factor rarely mentioned yet gaining in prominence as a major issue is that of image. According to research as far back as 1966 through the present day, researchers have cited healthcare professionals' contention that the public's poor image of nursing and the role of the registered nurse is a major factor preventing students from entering nursing schools."

Tags:image, nursing, shortage

Abstract
This paper outlines the reasons for the nursing shortage, and how these problems came about. It also explores some of the measures being taken to reverse the trend.

From the Paper
"The nursing shortage in the United States and throughout the world is reaching staggering proportions. Cooper Statistics show that half the nursing workforce will reach retirement age in years adding to the problem. Between and the average age of registered...."

Tags:nursing shortage, aging, recruitment, icentives