title: Challenges for nursing in the 21st century.
abstract: Nurse leaders face a myriad of challenges in the 21st century such as nursing workforce shortages, negative affectivity, generation workforce concerns, changing delivery systems, and increasing clinical practice complexity, to name a few. Visionary and strategic thinking centered on patients' well-being are needed to tackle these challenges and shape a more humane and compassionate health care system.
authors.affiliation: The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Donley
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008119:Lobbying; D009341:Negativism; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D011158:Population Growth; D012922:Social Change; D012938:Social Perception