Leading in a Complex, Evolving Environment
Introduction
Nurse leaders of today face a wide range of challenges in the execution of their mandate. It is important to note, from the onset, that to be able to effectively address some these challenges, today’s nurse leaders ought to have a unique set of skills and capabilities that enable then to navigate the said challenges so as to ensure that patient care is not adversely affected. This text concerns itself with nursing shortage as one of the main challenges in care delivery facing nursing leadership today. In so doing, it will not only assess the impact nursing shortage has on patient care, but also some of the options that ought to be taken into consideration in seeking to rein in the challenge.
Discussion
Throughout history, the United States has had periods of nursing shortages as well as surpluses – with this cyclical nature of nurse staffing impacting the healthcare system in various formats. Currently, the U.S. is in a state of what could arguably be referred to as serious nursing shortage. As a matter of fact, in the words of Masters (2018), at present, “the nursing shortage is real; the long-term pipeline numbers are alarming” (187). With regard to the said long-term pipeline numbers, it is important to note that as Haddad and Toney-Butler (2018) point out, data from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that “estimates of upwards of one million additional nurses will be needed by 2020.” There are no guarantees that this is a target that can be met. This is more so the case given that as Haddad and Toney-Butler (2018) further observe, through 2020, it is expected that available registered nurse jobs will vastly outnumber available jobs for any other profession. With this in mind, and given the current state of affairs, the relevance of formulating and implementing viable strategies to address the concern of nursing shortage cannot be overstated. Seo and Spetz (2013) are of the opinion that “during periods of nursing shortage, hospital managers have difficulty recruiting and retaining nurses…” (219). This could adversely impact the delivery of care.
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