title: Keeping nurses in nursing: the executive's challenge.
abstract: A view of the nursing shortage from the perspective of a nurse executive proposes that the blaming must stop and everyone must own the problem if the nursing shortage is to be corrected. Strategies that include and extend beyond a local nursing unit or institution are proposed that require everyone to invest in synergestic strategies to improve the quality of the work environment for all nurses.
authors.affiliation: Clarian Health, Nursing Practice, Indiana School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Karlene M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kerfoot
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011788:Quality of Life; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology