October 8, 2004, Connecticut: Nursing shortage being tackled at high school level:"Wallingford -- The state's nurses are in short supply and statistics show that Connecticut will be short thousands of nurses in the next 20 years but high schools in the state are now trying to fill the growing void of vacant positions.
In about 15 years, millions of seniors will be on medicare. The federal government expects Connecticut will be almost 22,000 nurses short to meet future medical needs. The push is on for young people to enter health care professions." http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=2402996
Monday, 6 January 2003: Connecticut: Nursing shortage in
state:"The nationwide nursing shortage is also hitting home.
There is plenty of opportunity for nurses but the business of hiring is becoming more competitive.
Watch the story by News Channel 8's Tricia Taskey
Many nurses will graduate from nursing school in May.
Now is the time of year hospitals have nursing open houses hoping to recruit them in because they're so desperately needed.
They're imperative to a patients care but there is a massive nursing shortage.
"The nurse potentially has more patients today than say 5-years ago- that adds to frustration," says Karen Martin, New Britain General
Hospital." http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1074670&nav=3YeXDEt3
Saturday, November 23, 2002: Connecticut: Nursing shortage erodes patient care quality:"A lack of training facilities and poor working conditions within the profession are contributing to the serious nursing shortage in the country and in the region, a nursing specialist told a symposium on the problem Friday.
Rebecca Rice, National Deputy Director of Colleagues in Caring in Washington, told a group of 80 professionals at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point that a national study done in 2000 showed there will be a 55 percent gap between supply and demand in the nursing profession by 2020." http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/stories/20021123/localnews/430343.html
November 18, 2002: Connecticut: Nursing shortage:"The nursing shortage in Conecticut is getting worse by the year. M any nurses are retiring and few taking their places.
Their job is to care for you when you are sick. But a crippling nursing shortage is making it tough, if not impossible, for nurses to honor their oath.
Since age nine, Melissa Cowen dreamed of becoming a nurse. Now, after 13 years, the dream has become a nightmare and she's quitting." http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=1016556
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.:"The following narratives have been written by individual state boards of nursing regarding the significant activities in their respective states related to the nursing shortage. These excerpts do not provide a comprehensive update of the nurse shortage in these states or nationwide. The information is simply intended to share information among Member Boards."
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.
676 N. St. Clair Street
Suite 550
Chicago, Illinois, 60611-2921
Telephone: (312) 787-6555. info@ncsbn.org http://www.ncsbn.org/news/stateupdates_state_shortage.asp
Nursing Shortage Serious For Seniors, About.com:"As the population ages the impact of the nursing shortage will be even greater.
There is a threat to the health of every older adult in the United States and Canada looming on the horizon. It is not a virus or new type of bacteria that is causing this threat. The threat to health is a result of the increasing shortage of nurses in both countries.
Over the last couple of years there have been numerous stories in the press about the magnitude and causes of the shortage. So far solutions for this situation have been few. Additionally this nursing shortage will impact the oldest of citizens the most. Older adults use health care services at a higher rate than do younger people. Advances in medicine and improved nutrition and lifestyle have added years to the average life span. With this longer life comes higher needs for medical services, especially the services of professional nurses." http://seniorhealth.about.com/cs/prevention/a/nurse_shortage.htm
The Nurse/Patient Ratio by Genevieve M. Clavreul RN, Ph.D.:"The New Year heralds many things, and this year brings legislation mandating a patient/nurse ratio in California. But after the confetti stops falling, did we get what we want? We now have a panacea for thousands of nurses in California, however, the ratio really can’t be enforced. (At the writing of this article the companion bill for enforcement is stalled in the legislature, having been defeated at least once already).
As my children are fond of saying, “why am I not surprised?” Having been a nurse for almost 30 years, most of those years spent in the NICU/PICU, I am used to working with a strict nurse/patient ratio. ICU’s and a few other areas of nursing have always been under the control of an “acuity” system. Actually, all nursing is supposed to be, but we all know this isn’t always the case. For this reason, I knew in my heart that legislating a nurse/patient ratio was probably an exercise in futility."
Working Nurse, Working World Magazine
3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1526
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel:(213)385-4781,
Fax:(213)385-3782, WorkingNurse@WorkingWorld.com http://www.workingworld.com/magazine/viewarticle.asp?articleno=254&wn=1
Nursing: A Medical Emergency, and Opportunity, hits home by Ronald A. Reis and Karen F. Reis RN:"You’re an RN, and you’ve been at it, administering to the sick and wounded, for months, years, maybe even decades. You’ve got your hands full with 12-hour shifts, high turnover, an often less than supportive work environment, and a stressed-out health care system that is, in places, itself on life-support. What to do? How to keep going? How to make this job, career, meaningful again? How to get out of nursing what you went into it for? How to avoid adding to the national nursing shortage by short-circuiting your own involvement in a noble profession?"
Working Nurse, Working World Magazine
3600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1526
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel:(213)385-4781,
Fax:(213)385-3782, WorkingNurse@WorkingWorld.com
http://www.workingworld.com/magazine/viewarticle.asp?articleno=253&w
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