title: Nursing resources and the delivery of patient care: the National Center for Nursing Research Perspective.
abstract: The nursing shortage has preoccupied nurse executives with daily crises about how to provide adequate staff resources to assure quality care and how best to plan for the future. This major societal concern affects all settings--but most particularly hospitals. The National Center for Nursing Research (NCNR) has been actively assessing this situation and has begun several targeted initiatives. Nurse executives have a vital role in this evolving research priority area focused on nursing resources and its effect on quality of care.
authors.affiliation: Division of Extramural Programs, National Center for Nursing Research, Bethesda, Maryland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moritz
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hinshaw
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Heinrich
mesh_terms: D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000191:economics; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce