Factors Influencing Work Productivity and Intent to Stay in Nursing
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Susan A. Letvak, Professor, Department Chair, & Undergraduate Programs Director (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: There continues to be a
shortage of registered nurses
(RNs) with a possible
predicted short fall of 36%
by 2020 (U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services
[DHHS], 2006). Despite recent improvements
in the hospital nursing
shortage, the average hospital
vacancy rate for RNs in the United
States is 8.5% to 14% with vacancy
rates of over 14% in medicalsurgical
and critical care areas
(American Hospital Association
[AHA], 2004, 2006). Much of the
employment growth of RNs employed
in hospitals has been in
nurses over age 50 (Buerhaus,
Auerbach, & Staiger, 2007). However,
49% of hospitals surveyed
stated it was more difficult to recruit
RNs in 2005 than it was in
2004 (AHA, 2006). Hospital nurse
staffing is a concern because of the
effects a shortage has on patient
safety and quality of care (Buerhaus,
Donelan, Ulrich, Norman, &
Dittus, 2005; Ulrich, Buerhaus,
Donelan, Norman, & Dittus, 2005).
Factors Influencing Work Productivity and Intent to Stay in Nursing
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Additional Information
- Publication
- NURSING ECONOMICS/May-June 2008/Vol. 26/No. 3
- Language: English
- Date: 2008
- Keywords
- Nursing, Job satisfaction, Job performance, Retention rate