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  • Title: The nursing shortage: an update for occupational health nurses.
    Author: Palmer C.
    Journal: AAOHN J; 2003 Dec; 51(12):510-3. PubMed ID: 14680153.
    Abstract:
    Nursing is about to realize the worst shortage in history at the same time the first baby boomers are increasing the need for health care. A large component of the current and projected nursing shortage is the aging of the RN work force. Several factors contribute to the aging of the work force, including overall decline in nursing as a chosen profession, the increasing age of nursing graduates, and the aging of the existing RN work force. Job dissatisfaction has been a key issue contributing to the crisis related to recruitment and retention of nurses. Inadequate staffing, heavy workloads, flat salaries, and increased use of mandatory overtime are primary issues related to job dissatisfaction. Job dissatisfaction issues are key components of retention of nursing personnel. Occupational health nurses are experts in dealing with issues of ergonomic challenges, workplace violence, mandatory overtime, stress related injuries, and high stress associated with nursing.
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