Health care's human crisis - RX for an evolving profession.
In 2001, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation commissioned a study on the nursing shortage in the United States to gain a better understanding of the drivers and inform the Foundation's response. This article discusses the impetus for, and a brief summary of, the resulting report, "Health Care's Human Crisis: The American Nursing Shortage," published by the Foundation in 2002. It examines the historical, social, cultural, and economic factors that drive the nursing shortage. A new framework, namely a continuum of responses, is offered for understanding the myriad activities being undertaken in response to the problem, pointing the way to long-term, sustainable solutions. Recommendations and implications for nursing leaders are discussed.
Center for the Health Professions at the University of California San Francisco, USA. bobbi@kimballassociates.com <bobbi@kimballassociates.com>
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