title: Revisioning the nursing shortage: a call to caring for healing the healthcare system.
abstract: The nurse shortage is one of the most serious threats to quality care facing the healthcare system. This article examines the situation through multiple lenses and suggests that an ecological model of resource conservation and the creation of habitats for healing might be better solutions than traditional economic and business frameworks can offer. These habitats for healing would be the central elements of a renewed, healing healthcare system, allowing the reemergence of the caring and healing environment necessary for attracting and keeping more nurses.
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, Denver, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Janet F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Quinn
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D032981:Dehumanization; D017753:Ecosystem; D004645:Empathy; D004777:Environment; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006694:Holistic Health; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States