Clark Carey S
California State University, Dominguez Hills, and Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2010 Jan-Mar;33(1):35-52. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0b013e3181c9e1c4.
In the 2002 original work discussing some of our professional issues that have contributed to the current nursing shortage, I concluded that until the profession examines and addresses some of the troublesome and paradoxical areas of our workplaces, we will continue to remain locked in our current cyclical strange loop of nursing shortages and a dissatisfied nursing working force. While the nursing shortage seems to have taken on a new context, given current global economic issues and healthcare reformation efforts, many of the professional issues I addressed in my original article remain pertinent to our professional growth and the future of an autonomous workforce of nurses. In this article, the writer will briefly review the current literature around the nursing shortage, reexplore our own role in contributing to the cyclical or strange loop shortage of professional nurses, and further discuss possible solutions for the growth of nursing as a profession. The aim of this article is to explore how we can address our professional identity issues in ways that will serve to manage the current challenges we face of attracting and retaining a stable workforce.
在2002年的原创作品中，我讨论了一些导致当前护理人员短缺的专业问题，得出的结论是，除非该行业审视并解决工作场所中一些棘手且自相矛盾的领域，否则我们将继续被困在当前护理人员短缺与护理人员工作不满意的循环怪圈中。鉴于当前的全球经济问题和医疗改革努力，护理人员短缺似乎呈现出了新的情况，但我在原文章中提到的许多专业问题仍与我们的职业发展以及护士自主劳动力的未来息息相关。在本文中，作者将简要回顾当前有关护理人员短缺的文献，重新探讨我们自身在导致专业护士周期性或怪圈式短缺方面所起的作用，并进一步讨论护理行业发展的可能解决方案。本文的目的是探讨我们如何以有助于应对当前吸引和留住稳定劳动力所面临挑战的方式来解决我们的职业身份问题。
