Scale, causes, and implications of the primary care nursing shortage

Annual Review of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 443-457

  Maclean, Logan ^a   Hassmiller, Susan ^b   Shaffer, Franklin ^c   Rohrbaugh, Kathleen ^c   Collier, Tiffany ^a   Fairman, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c CGFNS International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Global nursing workforce; Primary care providers; Provider shortage; Solutions; Workforce

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DENTIST; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB SATISFACTION; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING CAREER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING SHORTAGE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; REMUNERATION; RETIREMENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY CARE NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897104263     PISSN: 01637525     EISSN: 15452093     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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