Nursing Shortages in Texas Require New Law
Nursing Shortages in Texas Require New Legislature
Mary Sanc
G C U
Ethics, Policy and Finance in Health Care System
NUR-508
Dr.
April 1, 2015
Nursing Shortages in Texas Require New Legislature
There is a shortage of nurses nationwide, and there is an increase in the number of people in the United States over 65. This group has many medical needs. Nursing shortages can lead to stressful conditions which can result in injury, fatigue and job dissatisfaction ("American Nurses Association," n.d.). In addition, healthcare reforms will give access to millions of people that previously did not have access. More nurses are need to respond to their needs.
Texas Nursing Shortage Analysis
Texas can lose more than 40 percent of nurses that are employed ("Texas Organization of Nurse Executives," 2011). The Texas Nursing Workforce Shortage Coalition estimated that in 2011 the shortage exceeded 22,000 nurses, and by 2020 there will be a need 70,000. The Texas Center of Nursing Workforce Studies reported that 17,777 graduate nurses are needed in 2015, and that number needs to double by 2020 (Brown, 2012). The Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies projected that 12.8 percent of RNs employed today could give up work now, and an extra 29.3 percent will stop working in the next three to 12 years. In 2010, Texas nursing schools turned away 11,217 eligible candidates due to a shortage of faculty ("Texas Organization of Nurse Executives," 2011). In 2010, 54 was the average age of the faculty in Texas nursing schools, while the average age for RN was 46. We must do something now, since it takes two to four years to educate a registered nurse.
Although the Texas Legislature has funded nursing education, the state cut funding in 2011 (James, 2012). Article III of the state budget Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Fund from the Texas Legislature for 2015 was $16,650,000. (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2013). The Nursing Workforce Shortage Coalition
Mary Sanc
G C U
Ethics, Policy and Finance in Health Care System
NUR-508
Dr.
April 1, 2015
Nursing Shortages in Texas Require New Legislature
There is a shortage of nurses nationwide, and there is an increase in the number of people in the United States over 65. This group has many medical needs. Nursing shortages can lead to stressful conditions which can result in injury, fatigue and job dissatisfaction ("American Nurses Association," n.d.). In addition, healthcare reforms will give access to millions of people that previously did not have access. More nurses are need to respond to their needs.
Texas Nursing Shortage Analysis
Texas can lose more than 40 percent of nurses that are employed ("Texas Organization of Nurse Executives," 2011). The Texas Nursing Workforce Shortage Coalition estimated that in 2011 the shortage exceeded 22,000 nurses, and by 2020 there will be a need 70,000. The Texas Center of Nursing Workforce Studies reported that 17,777 graduate nurses are needed in 2015, and that number needs to double by 2020 (Brown, 2012). The Texas Center for Nursing Workforce Studies projected that 12.8 percent of RNs employed today could give up work now, and an extra 29.3 percent will stop working in the next three to 12 years. In 2010, Texas nursing schools turned away 11,217 eligible candidates due to a shortage of faculty ("Texas Organization of Nurse Executives," 2011). In 2010, 54 was the average age of the faculty in Texas nursing schools, while the average age for RN was 46. We must do something now, since it takes two to four years to educate a registered nurse.
Although the Texas Legislature has funded nursing education, the state cut funding in 2011 (James, 2012). Article III of the state budget Professional Nursing Shortage Reduction Fund from the Texas Legislature for 2015 was $16,650,000. (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2013). The Nursing Workforce Shortage Coalition