Solving the Nursing Shortage

Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Executive Summary
3. Methodology of the Study
4. The Scope of the Shortage
5. The Cost of Failure
6. Listening to Nurses: Dissatisfaction and Burnout on the Job
7. Defining the Problem: Primary Factors Affecting Recruitment and Retention
8. Best Practices for Recruitment and Retention of Nurses
9. Popular But Futile or Ineffective Practices
10. Worst Practices: Mandatory Overtime
11. Best Practices for Nurses are Also Best Practices for Patients
12. High Road Versus Low Road
13. The Impact of Collective Bargaining
14. AFSCME’s Recommendations for Action
15. Sources
16. End Notes