A New and Very Real Nursing Shortage
- 1 August 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Policy, politics & nursing practice
- Vol. 2 (3) , 200-205
- https://doi.org/10.1177/152715440100200306
Abstract
Current demographics of the nursing shortage are presented and discussed. Issues of this particular nursing crisis are explored relative to past nursing shortages. State and organizational responses to the current crisis are listed relative to the following key areas of nursing concern: mandatory overtime, whistleblower protection, reporting of nursing-sensitive quality data, and patient classification systems.Keywords
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