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SynthesisNursing open2023

A systematic review study on the factors affecting shortage of nursing workforce in the hospitals.

Adel Tutuo Tamata, Masoud Mohammadnezhad

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Synthesis in Nursing open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 170 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

170 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Adel Tutuo TamataVanuatu College of Nursing Education, Ministry of Health, Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Masoud MohammadnezhadSchool of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5048-9719

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThis study aimed to determine factors that influence the nursing workforce shortage and their impact on nurses.

designThis study applied a systematic review design.

methodsUsing Cochrane library guidelines, five electronic databases were systematically searched (Research 4life-PubMed/Medline, Scopus, Embase, CINAHL) from 2010-2021. The remaining articles with pertinent information were presented in a data extraction sheet for further thematic analysis. A Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis Flow Diagram was adopted and used. The studies published from 2010-2021 and in English language were examined and included in the systematic review.

resultsFour themes were identified as factors influencing the nursing workforce shortage, including Policy and planning barriers, Barriers to training and enrolment, Factors causing nursing staff turnover and Nurses' stress and burnout. Nursing workforce shortage is a global challenge that roots in multiple causes such as individual, educational, organizational and managerial and policy-making factors.

Indexed as

Nursing Staff, HospitalHospitalsHumansJob SatisfactionWorkforcenurse burnoutnurse retentionnursing shortagenursing workforcesystematic review

Identifiers

PMID36303066
PMCPMC9912424

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