Concept Paper: Nurse Retention Strategies
University of the Philippines Manila
College of Nursing
Sotejo Hall, Pedro Gil, Ermita, Manila
Nurse Retention Strategies
(a concept paper on nursing management issues) requirement for N181- Introduction to Nursing Management and Leadership
Submitted by: Group A
Alvarez, Euzel Aubrey R.
Bersola, Kristine Juliene M.
Co, Lovely Kim V.
Dungca, Ralph Daniel T.
Gayo, Kerima Danica L.
Submitted to:
Prof. Jocelyn G. Acop
INTRODUCTION Shortage of nurses in various working environments where there are needed is a worldwide economic and health care issue. In foreign countries such as the United States, the Health Resources and Services Administration have reported a critical shortage of nurses which was projected to worsen up to 20% by 2015 and 29% by 2020 (as cited in Andrews & Dziegielewski, 2005).
In the local setting, the Philippines annually produce a high number of nursing graduates and licensed nurses throughout the country. With this, one would assume that Philippine hospitals and health care centers, may they be situated in an urban or rural area, are staffed with ample number of nurses. However, this is not the case. Through the years, a number of health care institutions experience shortage of health care professionals including nurses.
When foreign countries have started searching for nurses to work in their health care institutions, the Philippines has responded by producing an increased number of qualified nurses. Over time, the amount of surplus nurses has increased significantly that they cannot find employment in their own country. There were even cases where in a nurse has to pay to be admitted as a volunteer nurse just so that they would acquire enough experience in their field. Nurses cannot work abroad if they have no or inadequate experience. Working as nurses in foreign countries started as merely just fulfilling the manpower demands of other country. However, this turned into something Filipino nurses dream of. Aside
College of Nursing
Sotejo Hall, Pedro Gil, Ermita, Manila
Nurse Retention Strategies
(a concept paper on nursing management issues) requirement for N181- Introduction to Nursing Management and Leadership
Submitted by: Group A
Alvarez, Euzel Aubrey R.
Bersola, Kristine Juliene M.
Co, Lovely Kim V.
Dungca, Ralph Daniel T.
Gayo, Kerima Danica L.
Submitted to:
Prof. Jocelyn G. Acop
INTRODUCTION Shortage of nurses in various working environments where there are needed is a worldwide economic and health care issue. In foreign countries such as the United States, the Health Resources and Services Administration have reported a critical shortage of nurses which was projected to worsen up to 20% by 2015 and 29% by 2020 (as cited in Andrews & Dziegielewski, 2005).
In the local setting, the Philippines annually produce a high number of nursing graduates and licensed nurses throughout the country. With this, one would assume that Philippine hospitals and health care centers, may they be situated in an urban or rural area, are staffed with ample number of nurses. However, this is not the case. Through the years, a number of health care institutions experience shortage of health care professionals including nurses.
When foreign countries have started searching for nurses to work in their health care institutions, the Philippines has responded by producing an increased number of qualified nurses. Over time, the amount of surplus nurses has increased significantly that they cannot find employment in their own country. There were even cases where in a nurse has to pay to be admitted as a volunteer nurse just so that they would acquire enough experience in their field. Nurses cannot work abroad if they have no or inadequate experience. Working as nurses in foreign countries started as merely just fulfilling the manpower demands of other country. However, this turned into something Filipino nurses dream of. Aside