Solutions to the Home Healthcare Nursing Shortage

Shoemake, Alta

doi:10.1097/00004045-199407000-00006

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“…Some argue that the poor image of nursing contributes to the nursing shortage 2,3,10,11 . Others are connecting the nursing staff shortage with job satisfaction or dissatisfaction, 12–18 or with the inadequate number of specialized nurses in certain specialty areas 19–22 . Another important factor is the higher proportion of patients having more complex care needs, which increases the demand for nurses 17,23…”

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Nursing staff shortage and in‐hospital informal care in an oncology hospital in Greece: The nursing staff's perceptions

Sapountzi‐Krepia¹,

Lavdaniti²,

Psychogiou³

et al. 2008

Int J of Nursing Practice

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There is a broad variety of factors that are contributing to the nursing staff shortage. They include low wages, poor image of nursing, job satisfaction, ageing of the nursing workforce and cost reductions. In the Greek National Health System, there is a policy of open-visiting hours in hospitals. Family members stay with the patients for many hours and provide in-hospital informal care. The purpose of this study is to describe the perceptions of nursing staff about the nursing staff shortage and the in-hospital informal care in a Greek oncology hospital. For the data collection we used a 30-item questionnaire. The majority of the participants (82.9%) stated that most patients have a family member staying longer than the official visiting hours for assisting with care. A main reason according to the nurses' opinion (37.4%) is the nursing staff shortage. In addition, most nurses disagree with relatives providing some of the informal caregiving activities. The findings are consistent with the findings of other studies. They might be of interest to Greek health authorities, to nurses and to Greek citizens in order to implement possible solutions to improve the hospitalization in Greek hospitals.

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