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Articles by Lisa Eagans
Op/Ed: Indiana will need 5,000 nurses by 2031. Here are ways to fix the nursing shortage.
Lisa Eagans Overworked, stressed and exhausted don’t seem to accurately paint the picture anymore of how nurses across Indiana feel two years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. While life has seemingly returned to normal for many, our nursing workforce is expected to continue feeling the pandemic’s impact for at least three more years. This is largely due to many nurses opting to exit the profession entirely, leaving health systems scrambling to address staffing shortages.
Nursing shortage prescription: More focus on training, retention
Studies suggest we’ve entered the endemic phase of the pandemic, but the impact COVID-19 left on our health care workforce continues to radiate across the state. While normalcy is seemingly returning on the outside, deep down we’re far from it. One example: Our nursing workforce will continue to feel the effects for at least three more years. With the winter months ahead, the strain is accelerated by seasonal spikes in illnesses coupled with the long-term effects of COVID.
A Call for ‘Rapid Response’ to Support Indiana Hospitals
Our healthcare workers and system are in dire need of a “rapid response” — also known in their field as specialized and instant added support — as the pandemic looms on and continues to exacerbate the physical and emotional burdens our frontline workers experience every day. Recognized early on as our healthcare heroes, it seems the resounding support for those caring for our communities has since fizzled with no long-term solutions in place.
Viewpoint: Health care system, workers in need of a ‘rapid response’
In South Bend and across Indiana, hospitals are experiencing the same labor shortages as other employers, exacerbating the fatigue, trauma and stress felt by health care workers since the onset of the pandemic. In fact, we are in the midst of a critical nursing shortage that is expected to continue through 2030. COVID-19 is still driving an increase in hospitalizations in South Bend, leaving the remaining health care workforce overwhelmed and overworked.
Viewpoint: Health care system, workers in need of a ‘rapid response’
In South Bend and across Indiana, hospitals are experiencing the same labor shortages as other employers, exacerbating the fatigue, trauma and stress felt by health care workers since the onset of the pandemic. In fact, we are in the midst of a critical nursing shortage that is expected to continue through 2030. COVID-19 is still driving an increase in hospitalizations in South Bend, leaving the remaining health care workforce overwhelmed and overworked.
Op-Ed: Nurses are the front line defense during COVID-19. It's time we had their backs.
When a patient's condition is quickly deteriorating, our healthcare workers rely on a specialized team of medical professionals to step in at an instant to provide additional support. Nurses and doctors often refer to this much-needed help as a “rapid response.” At this moment in time, nurses themselves are in dire need of an extra set of hands to help relieve the emotional and physical burden they continue to carry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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