{"id":67181,"date":"2006-06-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/sen-reed-nursing-leaders-examine-critical-issues\/"},"modified":"2006-06-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-06-26T00:00:00","slug":"sen-reed-nursing-leaders-examine-critical-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/06\/sen-reed-nursing-leaders-examine-critical-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Reed, nursing leaders examine critical issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 26, 2006 \u2013 U.S. Sen. Jack Reed met recently at the 溏心vlog免费B站 to hear firsthand from nursing leaders how to bolster a profession facing unprecedented demands.<\/p>\n


\n\tReed, 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers and 溏心vlog免费B站 Nursing Dean Dayle Joseph hosted more than 50 nursing leaders from hospitals, academia, state agencies, unions and other health care agencies around the state to discuss critical issues facing the profession.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cHealth care is at a critical juncture,\u201d Reed told the group. \u201cI believe that nurses can be a major asset as we face serious issues relating to quality and cost. We need a robust supply of them because we are getting older as a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHe said the ability to educate large numbers of new nurses is made difficult because there is a dramatic shortage of nursing faculty and academic nursing facilities.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cRhode Island is home to some of the finest nursing schools in the country, including Rhode Island College, the Community College of Rhode Island, the 溏心vlog免费B站, Salve Regina University and St. Joseph School of Nursing, \u201csaid Reed. \u201cBut last year, about 32,000 prospective nursing students had to be turned away from nursing schools nationwide.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHe said it is important that groups such as the one gathered at 溏心vlog免费B站 continue to work together to solve the problem. \u201cWe have to be engaged in a continuous dialogue, and I want you to continue to be in touch with me.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cBecause of its size, Rhode Island has a unique opportunity to look at nursing issues in depth,\u201d Joseph said.<\/p>\n


\n\tJoseph said the Rhode Island SHAPE Foundation study reported that Rhode Island has a current shortage of 2,000 nurses, and by 2020, the state could be short 8,000 to 11,000 nurses.<\/p>\n


\n\tJoseph, who chaired the nursing portion of the SHAPE study, \u201cHelp Wanted, the Growing Crisis in Rhode Island\u2019s Nursing Workforce,\u201d said in the report: \u201cWe definitely are facing a critical shortage that deserves more than a Band-Aid solution. It is clear that we must invest in both the practice and educational arenas. This project strengthened the bond between representatives from practice and education.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt is imperative that we jointly develop strategies to redress the growing crisis in Rhode Island\u2019s nursing workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile Joseph told the group that most nurses are satisfied with their career choice, many raise concerns about workload and compensation. Citing the report, she said about 12 percent of nurses under age 60 plan to leave the field in the next three years.<\/p>\n


\n\tShe also said nursing faculty do not earn as much as nurses working in hospitals and other health care agencies.<\/p>\n


\n\tLeaders at Rhode Island College, the Community College of Rhode Island and 溏心vlog免费B站 said facilities are lagging at all three schools, and several panelists spoke of working conditions in the hospitals that can lead to problems with retention. Another panelist mentioned the critical shortage of nurses in the pediatric mental health field.<\/p>\n


\n\tA number of solutions were offered:

\n\t\u2022 Improved and expanded nursing facilities at the state\u2019s colleges.

\n\t\u2022 Free nursing faculty from duties unrelated to their academic areas.

\n\t\u2022 Increase nursing faculty salaries.

\n\t\u2022 Continue to work on overtime issues in the hospitals.

\n\t\u2022 Greater federal and state support for nursing research that improves patient care, especially in the administrative and clerical support areas, so nursing faculty could more effectively compete for federal funding.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 26, 2006 \u2013 U.S. Sen. Jack Reed met recently at the 溏心vlog免费B站 to hear firsthand from nursing leaders how to bolster a profession facing unprecedented demands. Reed, 溏心vlog免费B站 President Robert L. Carothers and 溏心vlog免费B站 Nursing Dean Dayle Joseph hosted more than 50 nursing leaders from hospitals, academia, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67181\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}