Oregon's Economic Crisis and the National Nursing Shortage: A Transformational Opportunity for Rural Areas
Oregon’s drastic budget cuts and the national nursing shortage pose severe barriers for consumers and providers of human services and health care in rural areas. Because of the unique culture, demographics and a deficit of human service and health care providers, metropolitan based decision and poli...
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Rural Nurse Organization; Binghamton University
2004-06-01
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| Series: | Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care |
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| description | Oregon’s drastic budget cuts and the national nursing shortage pose severe barriers for consumers and providers of human services and health care in rural areas. Because of the unique culture, demographics and a deficit of human service and health care providers, metropolitan based decision and policy making aimed at improving human service and health care delivery, may actually cause harm in rural areas. This time of crisis must be viewed as a transformational opportunity for nurses. Creative alternatives must be explored to decrease the higher rates of human service and health-related disparities for individuals, families, and communities in rural areas compared to those in metropolitan areas. In addition, nurses must invest in furthering the development of the field of nursing to reverse the nursing shortage and prevent shortages in the future. This paper will explore the effect of Oregon’s economic crisis and the national nursing shortage on human service and healthcare delivery and economic development in rural areas. In addition, the effects of the unique culture of rural areas and metropolitan-based decision and policy making on recruitment and retention of nurses in rural areas will be explored. Finally, solutions will be explored to reverse the nursing shortage, prevent future nursing shortages and further the field of nursing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8c77e62cac94bd89a6694a830f066cb2023-11-08T20:10:41ZengRural Nurse Organization; Binghamton UniversityOnline Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care1539-33992004-06-0141647410.14574/ojrnhc.v4i1.213204Oregon's Economic Crisis and the National Nursing Shortage: A Transformational Opportunity for Rural AreasWendy A. Mason0Tillamook Family Counseling CenterOregon’s drastic budget cuts and the national nursing shortage pose severe barriers for consumers and providers of human services and health care in rural areas. Because of the unique culture, demographics and a deficit of human service and health care providers, metropolitan based decision and policy making aimed at improving human service and health care delivery, may actually cause harm in rural areas. This time of crisis must be viewed as a transformational opportunity for nurses. Creative alternatives must be explored to decrease the higher rates of human service and health-related disparities for individuals, families, and communities in rural areas compared to those in metropolitan areas. In addition, nurses must invest in furthering the development of the field of nursing to reverse the nursing shortage and prevent shortages in the future. This paper will explore the effect of Oregon’s economic crisis and the national nursing shortage on human service and healthcare delivery and economic development in rural areas. In addition, the effects of the unique culture of rural areas and metropolitan-based decision and policy making on recruitment and retention of nurses in rural areas will be explored. Finally, solutions will be explored to reverse the nursing shortage, prevent future nursing shortages and further the field of nursing.https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/213 |
| spellingShingle | Wendy A. Mason Oregon's Economic Crisis and the National Nursing Shortage: A Transformational Opportunity for Rural Areas Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care |
| title | Oregon's Economic Crisis and the National Nursing Shortage: A Transformational Opportunity for Rural Areas |
| title_full | Oregon's Economic Crisis and the National Nursing Shortage: A Transformational Opportunity for Rural Areas |
| title_fullStr | Oregon's Economic Crisis and the National Nursing Shortage: A Transformational Opportunity for Rural Areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oregon's Economic Crisis and the National Nursing Shortage: A Transformational Opportunity for Rural Areas |
| title_short | Oregon's Economic Crisis and the National Nursing Shortage: A Transformational Opportunity for Rural Areas |
| title_sort | oregon s economic crisis and the national nursing shortage a transformational opportunity for rural areas |
| url | https://rnojournal.binghamton.edu/index.php/RNO/article/view/213 |
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