{"id":62074,"date":"2011-05-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/chief-of-national-nursing-group-says-nursing-shortage-coming-soon\/"},"modified":"2011-05-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T00:00:00","slug":"chief-of-national-nursing-group-says-nursing-shortage-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2011\/05\/chief-of-national-nursing-group-says-nursing-shortage-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief of national nursing group says \u2018nursing shortage\u2019 coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tNurses, nursing faculty expected to retire in major numbers during next decade<\/p>\n


\nKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 2, 2011 \u2013The United States will see half of its of its most experienced nurses and half of its nursing faculty at colleges and universities retire during the next decade, the president of a national nursing association said.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe nursing shortage is not over,\u201d said Karen Daley, president of the American Nurses Association, during Nurses Day Thursday, May 26, at the Statehouse. Her message came as she discussed the \u201cImpact of the Institute of Medicine\u2019s Report on the Future of Nursing. \u201c溏心vlog免费B站 a half-a-million nurses are expected to retire in the next 10 years.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nTo respond to the crisis, the association is launching a national initiative to increase the number of nurses with bachelor\u2019s degrees by 80 percent by 2020 and double the number of doctorally-prepared nursing faculty members in that same period.<\/p>\n


\nDaley was the keynote speaker during an afternoon of discussion in the State Room about nursing\u2019s essential roles in new health care models, economic development and research. Later in the day, Lynne Dunphy, Routhier Chair of Practice and professor of nursing at the 溏心vlog免费B站 and director of the Rhode Island Center for Nursing Excellence, was honored as the Advocate of the Year.<\/p>\n


\nBrandon Melton, senior vice president of human resources at Lifespan, said the vacancy rate for nurses in the Lifespan system was 14 percent in 2006, but by 2020, it will reach 31 percent. In 2025, it will reach 39 percent, which he called a public health crisis, considering that Lifespan provides about 50 percent of hospital care in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n


\nIn highlighting the critical need for nurses during the next two decades, Melton said the \u201cco-locating of 溏心vlog免费B站 and RIC\u2019s nursing programs in a single building is terribly exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nHis remarks follow the release of a feasibility study commissioned by the Rhode Island General Assembly, which recommended construction of a single 127,000-square-foot facility for both nursing programs in Providence\u2019s \u201cKnowledge District.\u201d

\nThe Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education delivered the report to the General Assembly Tuesday, May 24. The report said with the new building, 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s undergraduate enrollment would grow 32 percent by 2019 and RIC\u2019s undergraduate enrollment would grow 76 percent.<\/p>\n


\nThe boost in enrollment can\u2019t come soon enough for hospital officials like Melton. In a Lifespan supply-and-demand analysis, the supply of registered nurses was 1,572 in 2010, while the demand was 1,867. In as little as four years, the supply figure will grow to 1,612, while the demand figure will grow to 2,051. By 2025, supply is projected to be 1,527, while there will be a demand for 2,474 nurses or a gap of 947 nurses. And that\u2019s only in the Lifespan system.<\/p>\n


\nMelton said in May of 2010, there were 61 openings for registered nurses and this month, there are 86.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cDuring the Great Recession, vacancy rates declined,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the Great Recession actually makes things worse because more nurses will be retiring over a shorter period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOne of the key factors is the huge numbers of \u201cBaby Boomers\u201d needing additional care as they get older.<\/p>\n


\nHe said there is good news for those in the nursing profession. At Lifespan, a registered nurse, prepared at an associate degree or bachelor\u2019s degree level can earn in the range of $73,000 a year, while nursing leaders and advanced practice nurses can earn about $96,000 a year.<\/p>\n


\nMelton outlined Lifespan\u2019s heavy investment in workforce development programs, including its Youth Development Initiatives and partnerships with higher education, a new charter school designed to prepare high school students to become nursing majors in college, and state nursing associations and centers.<\/p>\n


\nDonna Murray, administrator, labor market information at the state Department of Labor and Training, discussed the health care and social assistance labor sector, which includes ambulatory health services, hospitals and nursing and residential care facilities, individual and family services, emergency relief services and others.<\/p>\n


\nShe said that between 2000 and 2010, the state\u2019s population grew by just 0.4 percent, while the number of Rhode Island residents between 62 and 84 years old grew by 3.6 percent. Those 85 and older grew by 28 percent.<\/p>\n


\nMurray said employment in health care and social assistance grew by 27,000 jobs in the last 20 years, making it the largest employment sector in the state. The sector\u2019s 19.7 percent share of the state\u2019s private sector jobs is four percentage points above the national average and the second highest in the country, trailing only Maine. She said when the state\u2019s economy lags, health care holds its own.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cTwenty-one percent of the workers in the sector are over 55 and likely to retire over the next 10 years,\u201d Murray said.<\/p>\n


\nRegistered nurses make up the fastest growing occupation in the state, with 12,466 employed in 2008 and 14,772 projected to be employed by 2018.<\/p>\n


\nThe program ended with researcher Patricia Burbank, professor of nursing at the 溏心vlog免费B站 and director of its doctor of nursing practice program, describing an invention she developed with a colleague at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Engineering to help older adults keep moving.<\/p>\n


\n\tWhen fully developed, The Activity Analyzer could be attached to a belt or waistband of pants. It uses an accelerometer, a three-axis motion detector, to analyze activity in three dimensions. It also has a recording device and a clock so messages can be recorded to go off at a particular time or to go off after periods of inactivity. Burbank has founded Burbank Industries to manufacture and market the device.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Rhode Island State Nurses Association and the Rhode Island Center for Nursing Excellence, a consortium of the College of Nursing at the 溏心vlog免费B站, the School of Nursing at Rhode Island College and the Nursing Program at the Community College of Rhode Island, sponsored the event.<\/p>\n


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\nGATHERING FOR NURSES DAY AT STATEHOUSE: Rhode Island First Lady Stephanie Chafee, a registered nurse and a founder of the Rhode Island Free Clinic, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee, 溏心vlog免费B站 alumna Cathy E. Duquette, president of Rhode Island State Nurses Association, and Karen Daley, president of the American Nurses Association, pose before a full afternoon of discussions about nursing in Rhode Island and nationally. 溏心vlog免费B站 Photo by Michael Salerno Photography<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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