A nurse working in a large municipal hospital is appointed to a task force whose focus is addressing nursing shortages. Which factor should the task force consider?
A) Nurses are only utilized for clinical services.
B) Nursing shortages are often cyclical.
C) Only licensed nurses are used for all nursing duties.
D) Reductions in nursing staff encourage nurses to remain in the profession.
Answer: B
One factor in nursing shortages is the increasing demand for nurses to work in new roles. Periods of acute shortage are often followed by periods of adequate availability of nurses. Hospitals often have cut nursing staff and replaced them with unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) as a cost-containment measure. As a result of reductions in nursing staff, some nurses, feeling they can no longer provide quality health care, experience disillusionment and leave the profession.
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