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  • Title: [Premature departure from nursing in Germany as a growing problem for the health care system -- a review].
    Author: Hasselhorn HM, Tackenberg P, Müller BH.
    Journal: Gesundheitswesen; 2003 Jan; 65(1):40-6. PubMed ID: 12548481.
    Abstract:
    There is a shortage of nursing staff in almost all of the countries in the European Union. This problem is expected to increase within the next decades as a result of demographic changes. Efforts to improve training or recruiting nurses from other countries such as future EU member states are unlikely to solve the problem. Premature departure from the nursing profession occurs more frequently than in other professional fields in Germany. There is little known about the underlying reasons of this. The authors present data regarding the early departure of nursing staff from the profession. They propose that a lengthened stay in nursing could help solve the above problem. In order for specific measures to take place (to solve this), more knowledge is needed regarding the causes and circumstances surrounding the early departure of nursing staff. This is the object of the European NEXT-Study ( http://www.next-study.net ), in which research groups from 10 European countries are taking part. Starting in Autumn 2002, between 5000 and 8000 nurses will be questioned in each of the 9 countries, in this longitudinal study. The first findings will be submitted in Summer 2003.
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