5111.0: Wednesday, November 19, 2003: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| The session will propose ideas for improving job satisfaction for nurses. There are roughly 2.3 million registered nurses in the United States. This is a decline of 7.3 percent since 1992. Eighty percent of these nurses are employed while the remainder are not seeking employment. Nurses are experiencing widespread burnout and job dissatisfaction due to the stress resulting from understaffing. Approximatly 50 percent of all nurses work in acute care settings. The following issues will be discussed: (a)reduced hospital nursing staffs, (b)more severely ill patients with shorter hospital stays, and (c) increased supervision of unlicensed and nonprofessional staff. Ideas will be proposed to reduce workloads (e.g., improve nurse-patient ratios), improve morale, and address concerns about declining quality of care. | |||
| Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Pamela Wilson | |||
| Ann Converso | |||
| Effects of the nurse work environment on nurses and patients Doris C. Vahey, PhD, RN, Linda H. Aiken, PhD, RN, FAAN, Douglas Sloane, PhD, Sean P. Clarke, PhD, RN | |||
| Ying and Yang of nursing burnout and hospital administration: A view from both sides Patricia Minors, PhD | |||
| Withdrawn -- Effects of the nurse work environment on nurses and patients | |||
| Stress, burnout and the shortage: Changing working conditions to improve nurse retention Mary Lehman MacDonald, BA, MS, Joni Tanaciev | |||
| Withdrawn -- Why Nurses Are Leaving - The Relationship Between Staffing Levels and Stress | |||
| Organized by: | Labor Caucus | ||
| Endorsed by: | Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of APHA; Medical Care; Occupational Health and Safety; Public Health Nursing; Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy | ||