title: Key forecasts shaping nursing's perfect storm.
abstract: Perfect storms abound in nursing and healthcare. How we plan for them and how we forecast effectively which ones will have tremendous impact on how we lead the profession is a challenge to anyone who is or will be a leader. This article focuses on key forecasts that contribute to creating perfect storms of the future. The "perfect storm" is a term found in multiple disciplines. The phrase denotes the condition that exists when events occur simultaneously with the result that this confluence has a greater impact than what could have resulted from a chance combination. Although perfect storms are rare, they have enormous impact when they occur, and if an alteration in any of the events occurs, the overall impact is lessened.
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79424, USA. Patricia.YoderWise@gmail.com
authors.forename: Patricia S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Yoder-Wise
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D040421:Cell Phone / Q000639:trends; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005544:Forecasting; D005551:Foreign Professional Personnel / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006801:Humans; D016901:Intergenerational Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008606:Mental Processes; D016294:Models, Nursing; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000639:trends; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009736:Nursing Process; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology / Q000600:supply & distribution* / Q000639:trends*; D010560:Personnel Selection / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011158:Population Growth; D012371:Robotics / Q000639:trends; D012922:Social Change