title: What we need to change about nursing. Staff nurses share their ideas.
abstract: New ways of structuring the delivery of nursing care, recruitment strategies, and retention programs are consistently needed if quality healthcare is to be preserved. The experience described in this article suggests that staff nurses propose creative and pragmatic solutions that enhance those of their managers. The author presents the recommendations of a task force designed to address the challenge of the nursing shortage in order to stimulate similar innovative activities in other settings.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Services, Oregon Health Sciences University Hospitals and Clinic, Portland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Donovan
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology* / Q000639:trends; D000078329:Workforce