Title

USING A STRUCTURED REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE TO IDENTIFY KEY FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURRENT NURSING SHORTAGE

Authors

Authors

J. J. Duvall;D. R. Andrews

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Prof. Nurs.

Keywords

Job satisfaction; Nursing career; Shortage; Structured review; Workforce; REGISTERED NURSES; PERCEPTIONS; CARE; QUALITY; SATISFACTION; ENVIRONMENTS; CNOS; UNIT; RNS; Nursing

Abstract

The current population of nurses is aging and rapidly approaching retirement, and graduation of new nurses is not expected to meet demand. Multiple reports have offered information regarding the pending shortage and made recommendations regarding interventions. It is important that suggested interventions be based upon current evidence. An integrated review of literature was undertaken, searching CINAHL, PubMed, Academic Search Premier, Medline, and PsychInfo. Studies were limited to those conducted in the United States and published in English between 2000 and 2007. Search terms were nursing shortage, job satisfaction in nursing, stress in nursing, nursing turnover, nursing image, nursing work environment, physical demands of nursing, and nursing faculty shortage. The identified reasons for nurses leaving hospital practice were management issues, job design, job stress, physical demands, and the failure to nurture new nurses. The education issues include a lack of qualified faculty and clinical sites to allow for more students to be accepted into the programs. These are issues that can be addressed; and changes, implemented. Steps must be taken immediately to resolve these issues in an effort to keep an adequate supply of nurses at the bedside.

Journal Title

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volume

26

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-2010

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

309

Last Page

317

WOS Identifier

WOS:000282544500010

ISSN

8755-7223

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