Buerhaus Peter I, Donelan Karen, Ulrich Beth T, DesRoches Catherine, Dittus Robert
Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, The Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Nurs Econ. 2007 Mar-Apr;25(2):69-79, 55; quiz 80.
The comparative results of three national surveys provide the only known source of data describing the evolving state of the nursing workforce over time in this country. These national random sample surveys expose the harmful effects of a lingering shortage of nurses and make plain that much work remains to be done to improve the experiences of hospital-employed RNs. At the same time, nurses and others involved in hospital patient care should be encouraged by the improvements that have been made in recent years, despite the presence of a nursing shortage.
三项全国性调查的对比结果提供了描述该国护理劳动力随时间演变状况的唯一已知数据来源。这些全国性随机抽样调查揭示了长期护士短缺的有害影响，并清楚表明在改善医院聘用注册护士的工作体验方面仍有许多工作要做。与此同时，尽管存在护士短缺的情况，但近年来取得的进步应能让护士及其他参与医院患者护理工作的人员受到鼓舞。
