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Nurses play a huge role when it comes to patient care and integrate with other health care professions to provided quality patient care according to Whitney (2018). Nurses can utilize their profession and training to meet the goals of the of the IOM and improve patient centered care according to Whitney (2018). There is a significant shortage of nurses for all levels of care according to Whitney (2018).

Nurses shortage is contributed to current nurses retiring, enrollment for nursing school is not increasing to meet the needs, and shortage of nursing staff according to Whitney (2018). Nurses are experiencing high stress levels and are not happy which is causing them to resign from their positions according to Whitney (2018). It is also contributed to the baby boomers aging and the need for health care growing according to AACN (2019).

The UA Bureau of Labor statistics predicts that 11 million nursed are needed to avoid further nursing shortages according to Hadda, Annamaraju and Toney-Butler (2020). To resolve nursing shortage Johnson and Johnson has initiated a Campaign for Nursing Future to recruit nurses according to AACN (2019). Providing grants and loan forgiveness for future nursed in states can be beneficial for example, Wisconsin University funded 3.2 million according to ACCN (2019). “Empowerment in autonomy in staffing ratio decisions taking into consideration high volume and acuity levels will lead to less burnout, and strong desire to leave the workforce.” (Haddad, Annamaraju and Toney-Butler (2020).

References:

AACN. (2019, April 1). News & information. Retrieved August 24, 2020, from https://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Fact-Sheets/Nursing-Shortage

Haddad, L. M., Annamaraju, P., & Toney-Butler, T. J. (2020, July 25). Nursing shortage. Retrieved August 24, 2020, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493175/

Whitney, S. (2018). The future of nursing in an evolving health care system. Retrieved August 24, 2020, from https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs440vn/trends-in-health-care-a-nursing-perspective/v1.1/#/chapter/1

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The United States is currently facing a shortage in various nursing facilities, of all kinds of levels of care. Nursing shortage poses a risk for not only patients but also for the nurses working under these conditions. One factor contributing to a shortage is that nurses’ stress levels are increasing because of insufficient staffing, which is reducing job satisfaction causing more nurses to leave the profession (Whitney, 2018). Other reasons include an aging population and nurses are near retirement age. Also, nursing schools do not have sufficient staff to allow all interested students to enroll in nursing programs (Whitney, 2018).

According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the United States is projected to experience a shortage of Registered Nurses that is expected to intensify as Baby Boomers age and the need for health care grows. A solution that the AACN has proposed for the issue of the nursing shortage is that nursing schools are forming strategic support to help expand student capacity. Also, the AACN wants to ensure that more seats are vacant for nursing students in the baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs to ensure training for future nurses.

Whitney, S. (2018). The future of nursing in an evolving health care system. Retrieved August 24, 2020, from https://lc.gcumedia.com/nrs440vn/trends-in-health-care-a-nursing-perspective/v1.1/#/chapter/1

News & Information. (n.d.). Retrieved August 22, 2020, from https://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Fact-Sheets/Nursing-Shortage