Policy Paper: Management of the Nursing Shortage

Policy Paper: Nursing Shortage
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Policy Paper: Nursing Shortage
The nursing shortage is a critical issue that heavily impacts the common society. It is a critical situation whereby there is a high demand for nursing professionals than the actual supply (Haddad et al., 2020). Therefore, it creates a critical nursing gap. The key effects of nursing shortage include low-quality care, nurse burnouts, and crisis pay (Abhicharttibutra et al., 2017). It is an issue that a well-established policy framework and adjustment can only address. The nursing shortage's major cause is changes in the demographics, including an increase in the aging population (Haryanto, 2019). Therefore, the available nurses cannot accommodate the available population. Besides, the surge in the retiring nurses is also a critical issue leading to a shortage (Spurlock, 2020). Therefore, there is a need to focus on strategic policy measures that can be considered to ensure the successful management of the nursing shortage.
Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to establish key policy strategies that can address the issue of nursing shortage. Managing nursing shortage have minimally succeeded due increased aging rate and nurse retirement. Therefore, the paper approaches the issue from a factual point of view to identify the critical measures that can be taken to address the problem. Besides, it integrates primary evidence through an established meeting to address the problem. Therefore, the policy change is a significant way of offering a primary solution to nursing shortage.
Meeting Objectives
The key objective of the meeting was to engage a professional nurse and understand whether the hospital is taken any policy measures to address the problem of nursing shortage. Besides, it was also meant to understand the effects of the nursing shortage on patient wellbeing. The identified information is critical since it provides a better background for addressing the issue. Lastly, another objective was to understand the causes of the nursing shortage and its effects on bedside nurses. Therefore, it is justifiable that it would be easy to embrace a policy framework for addressing the nursing shortage to achieve the identified objectives.
Audience Engagement
Engaging the audience is necessary for a qualitative interview. Besides, the nurse agreed that the nursing shortage is a critical issue that can only be managed by focusing on better ideologies and policy frameworks. The professional nurse was positive on different strategies that the hospital has considered to reduce the issue, including monthly job affairs and partnering with the nursing schools to provide clinical sites for the nursing students. It is critical to improve the nursing experience and cover different nursing gaps. Therefore, audience engagement is a critical aspect that was adequately considered to ensure the professional nurse's successful information and data collection.
Educational Component
The educational component of the meeting is the need for policy change to address the adverse effects of the nursing shortage. According to Squires et al. (201...