Resources
International Resources
International Council of Nurses (ICN) First Series of Issue Papers on the Global Shortage of Registered Nurses - "International Migration of Nurses: Trends and Policy Implications and Nurse Retention and Recruitment: Developing a Motivated Workforce" - a commissioned issue paper that outlines important concerns in tackling the nursing shortage worldwide. See the ICN Global Nursing Workforce Project Web site at www.icn.ch/global/#3 for details.
Other General Nursing Shortage Resources
"Healthcare Reform and the Workplace Experience of Nurses: Implications for Patient Care and Union Organizing," Industrial & Labor Relations Review, Oct. 2001 Vol. 55, No. 1. This study and article looks at 1) whether healthcare reform initiatives are significantly related to nurses' perceptions of the climate for patient care in their hospitals; and 2) whether the climate for patient care is related to intention to vote for a union.
A Congressional Research (CRS) Report for Congress, A Shortage of RNs: Is it on the Horizon or Already Here? (May 12, 2001)
www.ahca.org/research/rnsupply_demand.pdf Projected Supply, Demand and Shortages of Registered Nurses, 2000-2020, A July 2002 report from the National Center for Workforce Analysis, available online from the
www.ahca.org/ American Health Care Association.