The Nursing Shortage
Quality of Care
Burnout
The aging population
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Experience of nurses
Knowledge and understanding (increases with years of experience)
Human factors: fatigue, occupational health injuries (from overuse, overworking or unsafe work environments)
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How do we measure the nursing shortage?
The number of nurses to persons ratio
Clinical Data that needs to be aquired
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People are living longer
The baby boomer population is aging
The number of nurses nearing/ at retirement age is increasing
The number of nursing graduates from 2013 to 2022 was only approx. 1000 more students
The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in the number of nurses leaving the profession altogether
A lot of nurses quit there jobs and went on to travel nurse, taking leaves of absences, or stepping away from bedside nursing
Less people becoming nurses
Mental health issues occurring at a rapid rate in nursing from the PTSD that developed from the pandemic
More nurses required to work overtime or feel pressured from management to pick up extra shifts to help the unit
Management to help collect the clinical data using an online forum or database to ask patients and their families questions about the quality of care and their expectations (and if they were met)
Do we need more nurses or do we need more nursing supports such as Personal Support Workers, etc.