Nursing Shortage

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Nursing shortage According to Canadian Nurses Association(2009), human health resources have stated that by the end of 2011 Canada will experience shortage of 78 000 registered Nurses (RN) and shortage of 113 000 nurses by the end of 2016. Globally there will be shortage of 4.3 million health care workers. It was also shown that approximately 38% of new graduate nurses leave their workforce within the first year of employment (Lavoie-Tremblay, Wright, Desforges, Gelinas, Drevniok & Marchionni, 2008). According to registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2011), full time positions of RN dropped to 57.9 % in 2010 from 58.9% in 2009. With the current trend it is expected that the Canadian Nursing shortage will increase significantly. In order to understand nursing shortage and improve the future of the workforce, it is important to determine and treat the root cause of the problem. Through the use of professional practice model and fish bone diagram this essay will identify the major root cause of the problem. Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) defines healthy workplace as “practice setting that maximize the health and well-being of nurses, quality patient outcome, organizational, performance and societal outcome” ( RNAO, 2006, p. 11). The professional component is divided into 3 sections; this includes individual, organizational, and systemic level. Individual Level The current trend in health care system usually shows that at individual level there is often a poor work – life balance. This is often due to overtime, busy workplace environment, and short staffing. In relation to this problem health care workers often complain of being stressed, fatigue and burned out (Flinkman, Leino-Kilpi, & Salantera, 2010) whic... ... middle of paper ... ...ip. Retrieved on March 1, 2011, from HYPERLINK "http://www.rnao.org/Storage/16/1067_BPG_Sustain_Leadership.pdf" http://www.rnao.org/Storage/16/1067_BPG_Sustain_Leadership.pdf. Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. (2009). Budget fails to address nursing shortage: Nurses say. Retrieved on March 1, 2011, from HYPERLINK "https://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=122&ContentID=2830&SiteNodeID=451&BL_ExpandID=" https://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=122&ContentID=2830&SiteNodeID=451&BL_ExpandID= White, D., Oelke, N., Besner, J., Doran, D.,Giovannetti,P. & Hall, L. (2008). Nursing scope of practice: descriptions and challenges . Nursing Leadership, 24(1), 44-57. White, D., Oelke, N., Besner, J., Doran, D.,Giovannetti,P. & Hall, L. (2008). Nursing Workforce Utilization: An Examination of Facilitation and Barriers on Scope of Practice . Nursing Leadership, 21(1), 58-71.

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