Issues facing nursing practice today is a projected nursing shortage. As the current nursing workforce begins to retire, the need to fulfill nursing positions will be needed to meet demands of the growing number of patients that will require healthcare. As these nurse begin to retire within the next 10 to 15 years there will be a need for nurses. Studies have indicated that nursing shortages is evident in many areas of nursing practice including nursing faculty in schools of nursing internationally. Presently in the operating room, 51% of the nurses are over 50 years old and only 23% are under 40 year old. Therefore, issues in educating younger nurses and mentoring new nurses as they transition to nursing positions as graduates will be a challenge for the future.
Access the paper by clicking here Projected Nursing Shortage: How Nurse Educators and Experience Nurses Can Ensure a Future Nursing Workforce.