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- Nurses are crucial for meeting the healthcare needs of Americans, making up the largest portion of hospital staff.
- The U.S. faces a significant nursing shortage, which threatens the quality of patient care due to a lack of prepared nurses.
- The shortage is compounded by a lack of nursing faculty, highlighting the need for strategic solutions, particularly in critical care nursing, to address these ongoing challenges.
Article Abstract
Nurses are needed more than ever to support the healthcare needs of every American. Nurses make up the greatest single component of hospital staff. In 2004, of the almost 3 million nurses in the United States, 83% were employed in nursing, and 58% of those were employed full-time. However, a severe shortage of nurses exists nationwide, putting the safe, effective healthcare of Americans in jeopardy. The concurrent shortage of nursing faculty has significant impact on the potential for admitting and graduating sufficient numbers of nursing students to address the shortage of prepared nurses. A close examination of the demographics of the 3 million nurses provides a context for an in-depth discussion of strategies that critical care nurses can employ to help alleviate the nursing and nurse faculty shortages.
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