NRS 440 Topic 1 DQ 1 

NRS 440 Topic 1 DQ 1 

The current nursing shortage arises from different events. According Haddad et al. (2020) nurses are a core component of the healthcare system and constitute the largest section of the health profession. The American Nurses Association (ANA) asserts that more registered nurses will be required as there will be jobs for this cadre of health professionals in the country. The implication is that a nursing shortage that currently affects the health care sector will persist. The events associated with the nursing shortage are multiple as well as issues of concern. These include an aging population that is placing increased demand on care provision (AACN, 2020). The retiring baby boomers will require health services and increase the shortage. 

 Secondly, an aging nursing workforce is exacerbating the situation as there are close to 1 million registered nurses aged over 50 years. The implication is that close to a third of the nursing workforce will retire in the next ten to fifteen years (Haddad et al., 2020). Thirdly, nurse burnout due to heavy workload and burden contributes to the current shortage. The insufficient staffing levels raises stress levels for nurses and affects the overall job satisfaction. As such, many nurses are leaving the profession due to constant burnout.  

The implication is that nursing shortage is affecting overall patient outcomes and stakeholders are developing ways to address the issue. One of the ways health care organizations and the profession are tackling the issue is through increased investment in nursing education that focuses on developing faculty and strategic partnerships to support the expansion of student capacity (Aiken et al., 2017) As such, increasing training and education opportunities for nurses is considered as effective way of addressing the problem. Therefore, many regions that have surplus number of nurses are encouraging their professional nurses to apply in other states that have shortages.  

References 

Aiken, L. H., Sloane, D., Griffiths, P., Rafferty, A. M., Bruyneel, L., McHugh, M., Maier, C.,  

Moreno-Casbas, T., Ball, J. E., Ausserhofer, D., & Sermeus, W. (2017). Nursing skill mix in European hospitals: cross-sectional study of the association with mortality, patient ratings, and quality of care. BMJ Quality & Safety, 26: 559-568.  

American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2020). Nursing Shortage. Retrieved  

from https://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Fact-Sheets/Nursing-Shortage 

Haddad, L. M., Annamaraju, P., Tony-Butler, T. J. (2020). Nursing Shortage. StatPearls  

(Internet). Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493175/ 

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