title: Trends in the experiences of hospital-employed registered nurses: results from three national surveys.
abstract: The comparative results of three national surveys provide the only known source of data describing the evolving state of the nursing workforce over time in this country. These national random sample surveys expose the harmful effects of a lingering shortage of nurses and make plain that much work remains to be done to improve the experiences of hospital-employed RNs. At the same time, nurses and others involved in hospital patient care should be encouraged by the improvements that have been made in recent years, despite the presence of a nursing shortage.
authors.affiliation: Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, The Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Peter I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Buerhaus
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Donelan
authors.forename: Beth T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Ulrich
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: DesRoches
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dittus
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002322:Career Mobility; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D010560:Personnel Selection; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000639:trends*; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012938:Social Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data