World views on shortage in nursing resource: Challenges and opportunities.

Conference Intersectoral collaboration Kongress Patient safety Patientensicherheit Pflegeressourcen Quality Qualität Resource Zusammenarbeit

Journal

Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen
ISSN: 2212-0289
Titre abrégé: Z Evid Fortbild Qual Gesundhwes
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101477604

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
24 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 24 09 2023
revised: 20 05 2024
accepted: 31 05 2024
medline: 26 6 2024
pubmed: 26 6 2024
entrez: 25 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Shortage in nursing resource results from the combination of a lack of nurses, an increased patient volume and workload, and other factors. This seems to be a worldwide phenomenon, leading to multiple health care related challenges and a decreased quality of care, but is different in extent in high- vs. low-income countries. An international perspective can alleviate challenges to keep our patients safe through increasing our health workers' safety. To exchange experiences with the shortage in nursing resource globally, an international online conference event was hosted. Speakers from Germany, the Philippines, Poland, Tanzania, the United Kingdom and the United States presented their national challenges and strategies to deal with this phenomenon. Conference presentations included information about the health care systems, comparable numbers of hospital beds, nurses, and nursing education. Speakers reported challenges such as an imbalance between a high nurse vacancy rate and demands, but also war and refugees, high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other infection rates, or nurses' migration to other countries; the solutions reported included buy-in from other countries, nurses-attracting projects such as Magnet hospitals, improved job opportunities like higher wages, career prospects, or improved education, and others. Shortage in nursing resource seems to be a global phenomenon. Nursing managers and researchers should exchange and communicate challenges and solutions continuously and cooperate globally.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Shortage in nursing resource results from the combination of a lack of nurses, an increased patient volume and workload, and other factors. This seems to be a worldwide phenomenon, leading to multiple health care related challenges and a decreased quality of care, but is different in extent in high- vs. low-income countries. An international perspective can alleviate challenges to keep our patients safe through increasing our health workers' safety.
PURPOSE & METHOD UNASSIGNED
To exchange experiences with the shortage in nursing resource globally, an international online conference event was hosted. Speakers from Germany, the Philippines, Poland, Tanzania, the United Kingdom and the United States presented their national challenges and strategies to deal with this phenomenon.
RESULTS RESULTS
Conference presentations included information about the health care systems, comparable numbers of hospital beds, nurses, and nursing education. Speakers reported challenges such as an imbalance between a high nurse vacancy rate and demands, but also war and refugees, high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other infection rates, or nurses' migration to other countries; the solutions reported included buy-in from other countries, nurses-attracting projects such as Magnet hospitals, improved job opportunities like higher wages, career prospects, or improved education, and others.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Shortage in nursing resource seems to be a global phenomenon. Nursing managers and researchers should exchange and communicate challenges and solutions continuously and cooperate globally.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38918159
pii: S1865-9217(24)00112-0
doi: 10.1016/j.zefq.2024.05.009
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

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Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier GmbH.

Auteurs

Peter Nydahl (P)

Nursing Research and Development, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany; Institute of Nursing Science and Development, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria. Electronic address: Peter.Nydahl@uksh.de.

Rodolfo C Borromeo (RC)

Society of Nursing Leaders of the Philippines, Manila Doctors Hospital, Philippines.

Timothy Carrigan (T)

Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL, United States; Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Maywood, IL, United States.

Helle Dokken (H)

Nursing Department, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany.

Uli Fischer (U)

Department of Nursing Research and Quality Management, LMU University Hospital, Munich, Germany.

Andreas Kocks (A)

Nursing Development, University Hospital Bonn, Germany.

Nina Kolbe (N)

Department of Nursing Science, University Hospital Muenster, Germany.

Jennifer Luboeinski (J)

Coordinator of the Association of Nursing Directors of University Hospitals and Medical Universities in Germany e.V, Berlin, Germany.

Katarzyna Przylepa (K)

Medical University of Lublin, Poland.

Sixtus Ruyumbu Safari (SR)

Intensive Care Unit, Mbeya Zonal Referral Hospital, Tanzania; University of Dar es Salaam, Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences (MUCHAS), Tanzania; Tanzania Critical Care Nurses Association (TCCNA), Tanzania; African Federation of Critical Care Nurses (AFCCN), Tanzania; University of Barcelona, Spain.

Manuela Zimmermann (M)

Akkon University of Human Sciences, Berlin, Germany; Business Division, Nursing Science, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Shiney Franz (S)

Nursing, Study Dean of Health Campus, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, HAWK, Göttingen, Germany.

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