In our article, one of the topics that Dr. Katie Boston-Leary and I address is staffing and care delivery models.
The available literature, hard data from research studies, and anecdotal observations all indicate that existing staffing and care delivery models have become both outdated and unsustainable.
Dr. Boston-Leary and I agree that resolving these interlinked challenges is very complicated. We suggest how that resolution can be achieved by the end of this decade.
Among the current challenges to the nursing industry that Dr. Katie Boston-Leary and I address in “The nursing profession circa 2030” is the critical nurse staffing crisis.
The crisis isn’t limited to the U.S. – nursing shortages have been documented around the globe. By first identifying and examining the many underlying factors, finding solutions is doable.
One of the many topics Dr. Katie Boston-Leary and I address in “The nursing profession circa 2030” is philanthropy and community investments.
Philanthropy has always been key to executing and sustaining programs in nursing and healthcare. An often-overlooked benefit to providing grateful patients the opportunity to express their gratitude in this manner aides in their recovery process.
In today’s challenging environment of rising costs and shrinking budget margins, it has become imperative to improve the alignment between a healthcare organizations’ foundational and philanthropic efforts to drive engagement at all levels to increase their revenue pools.
The Nursing Profession Circa 2030: Wellness at work integration
The unique environment of care delivery – driven in large part by the Covid-19 pandemic – has produced heightened importance of how organizations deal with the myriad needs of their nursing staffs.
“The nursing profession circa 2030”, as published in Nursing2022, explores how implementing a wellbeing at work framework for their team requires examining five tenets of well-being:
The nursing profession has been greatly impacted by what has been coined as the Great Resignation and Great Attrition.1 Demand for competitive compensation, better work environments, safe nurse staffing, moral leadership, a politically charged healthcare consumer base, and high acuity for complex care demands in a politically charged environment is “nursing's tsunami.”1 Nurses have more options than ever before and they are exercising those options.2 This mounting unrest has simmered in a pot of paradigm shifts and is boiling over. The nurse staffing crisis is increasingly being viewed as a public health crisis garnering national and global attention.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced immediate changes—and hopefully for the better. The navigation through this new world of care delivery warrants developing new maps to reach a new and acceptable normal. The forced and rapid evolution of healthcare and nursing has resulted in experimentation and innovation.3 Providing efficient high-quality care is our collective vision, but there is growing discourse on how these goals can be achieved in a complex and challenging environment with diverse needs and priorities.4 It is time to establish the vision and chart the course for nursing's new world order. This article outlines urgent issues and necessary steps for measurable change for nurses, in nursing practice and work environments by 2030.
Dr. Katie Boston-Leary and my article received a rigorous peer-review process prior to publication in
Nursing2022 and inclusion in the
National Library of Medicine’s Pubmed.gov database.The content provides actionable insights to addressing many current challenges in the profession.