Friday, June 12, 2009

[EQ] Building A High-Value Nurse Workforce

Building A High-Value Nurse Workforce

Recession Is Easing Nurse Shortage, But Longer-Term Shortage Still Looms

Health Affairs - A grant from the Center to Champion Nursing in America, a joint initiative of AARP, the AARP Foundation,
 and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, June 12, 2009

You can read all of the studies at http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/hlthaff.28.4.w620/DC2

“….The continuing recession will contribute to easing or even ending the current registered nurse (RN) shortage in many areas of the country, as older nurses delay retirement or return to the workforce and part-time nurses become full time in response to the employment insecurity of their spouses, according to a study by Peter Buerhaus of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and coauthors published today on the Health Affairs Web site.

However, the relief will be temporary: A new RN shortage looms in the next decade. The study by Buerhaus, the Valere Potter Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt, and coauthors is one of six studies on the nursing workforce published online today by Health Affairs. Other study authors include John Rother, executive vice president for policy and strategy at AARP; Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and chief executive officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; and Linda Aiken, the Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor at the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania. …”

Health Affairs is pleased to make these articles freely accessible for two weeks. From: Dobbs, Brian bdobbs@projecthope.org

Addressing The Nursing Workforce: A Critical Element For Health Reform
John Rother and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey

The Role Of Nurses In Improving Hospital Quality And Efficiency: Real-World Results
Jack Needleman and Susan Hassmiller

Expanding The Capacity Of Nursing Education
Brenda L. Cleary, Angela Barron McBride, Margaret L. McClure, and Susan C. Reinhard

Education Policy Initiatives To Address The Nurse Shortage In The United States
Linda H. Aiken, Robyn B. Cheung, and Danielle M. Olds

The Recent Surge In Nurse Employment: Causes And Implications
Peter I. Buerhaus, David I. Auerbach, and Douglas O. Staiger

Nursing: A Key To Patient Satisfaction
Ann Kutney-Lee, Matthew D. McHugh, Douglas M. Sloane, Jeannie P. Cimiotti, Linda Flynn, Donna Felber Neff, and Linda H. Aiken

 

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