Four Challenges Facing the Nursing Workforce in the United States
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Four challenges face the nursing workforce of today and tomorrow: the aging of the baby boom generation, the shortage and uneven distribution of physicians, the accelerating rate of registered nurse retirements, and the uncertainty of health care reform. This article describes these major trends and examines their implications for nursing. The article also describes how nurses can meet these complex and interrelated challenges and continue to thrive in an ever-changing environment.
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Nurses are a major part of the health system workforce. Also, this group of healthcare workers has an important role in providing direct care to the patients. Therefore, nurses are considered an important pillar in any health system (1). However, during recent years, the shortage of nursing staff and high rate of job leaving have become a serious concern in many countries (2). To properly and t...
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