Addressing the Nursing Shortage in Healthcare
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National Healthcare Issue: Nursing Shortage
Healthcare organizations nationwide face substantial nursing deficits because the demand
for patients rises while the workforce experiences a decline through burnout and employee
dissatisfaction. Amalberti et al. (2019) demonstrate how patient volume growth aggravates nurse
work pressure, diminishing patient safety standards, and overall safety quality. Our organization
experienced a 15% increase in nurse vacancies and a 30% growth in overtime hours, leading to
extreme staff fatigue while damaging work environment morale. The effects of structured
support systems, strategic workforce planning, and proactive leadership stand as essential
elements for stress reduction and staff retention among nurses (Greco et al., 2022). The
inadequate supportive staff at our healthcare facility intensifies employee burnout while
degrading the standard of patient care delivery. The decline in patient satisfaction scores reached
10%, which requires leadership involvement to develop workforce strategies combined with
purpose-driven retention initiatives to address the emergency.
Summary of External Scholarly Resources
Article 1: Addressing Early Career Rural Nursing Challenges
Research by Rose et al. (2023) on rural hospital early career nurse retention and job
satisfaction improvement methods is provided in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Their
research shows that new nurses to rural area hospitals often feel unready for their roles with little
staff backing to complement and continue to meet their personal life needs. The research shows
that the experts said that mentorship programs, structured orientation periods, flexible work
arrangements, and better support networks will work to keep nurses in their jobs. More