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Article: Differing opinions; RNs rate nursing shortage as being worse than their bosses do.(The Week in Healthcare)(registered nurses)
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- Modern Healthcare
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- May 21, 2007
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Byline: Melanie Evans
Just how dire is the nation's chronic nursing shortage? It depends on whom you ask. Registered nurses see the situation as a greater threat to the quality and safety of patient care than do doctors, chief nursing officers and chief executive officers, according to the findings from four surveys recently published in the journal Health Affairs.
The results-which compared replies to identical questions put to nurses, doctors and key hospital executives-revealed a significantly more pessimistic view among nurses on the fallout from a nearly decadelong shortage. Nurses were more likely to say healthcare was less safe, effective and ...