Nursing Workforce Policy and the Economic Crisis: A Global Overview

James Buchan; Fiona O'May; Gilles Dussault

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Nursing Workforce Policy and the Economic Crisis: A Global Overview

James Buchan Fiona O'May Gilles Dussault

Journal of Nursing Scholarship Vol. 45 No. 3 pp. 298-307 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractPurposeTo assess the impact of the global financial crisis on the nursing workforce and identify appropriate policy responses.Organizing Construct and MethodsThis article draws from international data sources (Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development [OECD] and World Health Organization), from national data sources (nursing regulatory authorities), and the literature to provide a context in which to examine trends in labor market and health spending indicators, nurse employment, and nurse migration patterns.FindingsA variable impact of the crisis at the country level was shown by different changes in unemployment rates and funding of the health sector. Some evidence was obtained of reductions in nurse staffing in a small number of countries. A significant and variable change in the patterns of nurse migration also was observed.ConclusionsThe crisis has had a variable impact; nursing shortages are likely to reappear in some OECD countries. Policy responses will have to take account of the changed economic reality in many countries.Clinical RelevanceThis article highlights key trends and issues for the global nursing workforce; it then identifies policy interventions appropriate to the new economic realities in many OECD countries.

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Published: May 08, 2013
Vol/Issue: 45(3)
Pages: 298-307
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Authors

J

James Buchan

Professor, School of Health, Queen Margaret University Edinburgh UK

F

Fiona O'May

Research Officer, School of Health, Queen Margaret University Edinburgh UK

G

Gilles Dussault

Professor, WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Workforce Policy and Planning, Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa Lisboa Portugal

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James Buchan, Fiona O'May, Gilles Dussault (2013). Nursing Workforce Policy and the Economic Crisis: A Global Overview. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 45(3), 298-307. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12028

Nursing Workforce Policy and the Economic Crisis: A Global Overview

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