Which action by nurse managers and/or staff will positively impact the nursing shortage?
1. Focus on the recruitment of middle school and high school students, men, and minorities to the nursing profession.
2. Work towards shorter hospital stays, resulting in decreasing need of nurses in acute care settings.
3. Encourage current nursing faculty members to return to work in positions working directly with clients instead of with students.
4. Increase nursing wages.
Answer: 1
Rationale: Aggressive recruiting in diverse populations and of younger students is needed to promote nursing as a viable career choice. A movement of nursing faculty to the acute care setting would result in further reductions in available nursing program seats. As hospital stays shorten, nurses are needed in settings outside of the hospital. Studies have shown that nurses are more interested in improved workplace settings than in increased wages.
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