
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Duffield, Christine 
A1  - O'Brien-Pallas, Linda 
T1  - The causes and consequences of nursing shortages: a helicopter view of the research
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 26
IS  - 1
SP  - 186
EP  - 193
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH030186 
N2  - In Australia,as in most industrialised countries,there is an acute shortage of registered nurses.While there are numerous research reports emanating from Canada,the United States and Great Britain that provide insight into reasons for this shortage, little comparable work has been undertaken in Australia. This paper presents an overview of the complex interlinking set of factors which cause or are the consequences of nursing shortages including lifestyle preferences, workforce composition,quality of work life and workload and the impact of organisational change and altered management practices. It is important that managers in Australian health care settings understand these issues in order to work towards developing sustainable solutions for retention. 
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