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Establishing a Pipeline to Preparedness: The Case of the Nursing Shortage. Kaye Bender, RN, PhD, FAAN National Leadership Conference for Students in Healthcare January 10, 2004 Washington, DC. Session Objectives. Summary characteristics of the nursing workforce
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Establishing a Pipeline to Preparedness: The Case of the Nursing Shortage Kaye Bender, RN, PhD, FAAN National Leadership Conference for Students in Healthcare January 10, 2004 Washington, DC
Session Objectives • Summary characteristics of the nursing workforce • Implications of the nursing shortage • Themes identified in the nursing workforce shortage • Implications for innovative solutions
Regulatory/ Policy Implications • Pressure to examine the work environment • Pressure to loosen regulatory standards • Interest in increasing pipeline opportunities • Shifts in available jobs
Patient Care Implications • Patient safety concerns • Quality of care issues • Population-focused activities • Fiscal impact
Public Health Nursing Implications • Public Health Nursing Recruitment • Population-focused practice challenged • Public Health Nursing Competencies
Nursing Workforce Shortage Themes • Health Care Economics • Inadequate Workforce Planning • Workforce Development • Concern for the Public’s Health Source: Bleisch, Hewlett, et. al., April 2003
Nursing Workforce Shortage Institutional Themes • Supply of Nurses • Demand for Services • Work Environment • Leadership Source: Bleisch, Hewlett, et. al., April 2003
Gap Analysis of Nursing Workforce Problem: Are There Solutions?Bleisch, Hewlett, et. al., April 2003
Gap Analysis of Nursing Workforce Problem: Are There Solutions? Bleisch, Hewlett, et. al., April 2003
Nursing Education Barriers Identification Survey • Student Responses for Top Four Barriers • Financial Support • Family issues • Balancing family, children, and school • Unable to work and attend school Source: MS Office of Nursing Workforce, May 2003
Nursing Education Barriers Identification Survey • Faculty Response to the Top Four Barriers • Working too much while in school • Too many other commitments • Cost of education • Child Care Source: MS Office of Nursing Workforce, May 2003
Recommendations • Exploration of student work issues • Study the impact of barrier related support system on graduation rates • Study the impact of providing financial counseling on graduation rates
Recommendations • Study impact of student participation in mentorship program • Replicate the study with other healthcare disciplines to determine similarities • Education/service disparity of new graduates
Innovative Solutions and Strategies • National Imperatives • Institutional Imperatives • Individual Nursing Imperatives • Collaborative Imperatives
Questions/Comments Thank you! Kaye Bender, RN, PhD, FAAN Dean and Professor School of Nursing University of Mississippi Medical Center 2500 North State Street Jackson, MS 39216-4505 Phone: 601-984-6220 Kbender@son.umsmed.edu