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Abstract
Hospital restructuring policies and an impending nursing workforce shortage have threatened the nation's emergency preparedness. Current emergency response plans rely on sources of nurses that are limited and overestimated. A national investment in nursing education and workforce infrastructure, as well as incentives for hospitals to efficiently maximize nurse staffing, are needed to ensure emergency preparedness in the United States. This review highlights the challenges of maintaining hospital nursing surge capacity and policy implications of a nursing shortage.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20840714 PMCID: PMC2998349 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00877.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Public Health Nurs ISSN: 0737-1209 Impact factor: 1.462