Nurses workforce and competencies. A challenge for health systems more than ever

Nurse Educ Pract. 2020 Oct:48:102858. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102858. Epub 2020 Aug 24.

Authors

Esther Cabrera¹, Adelaida Zabalegui²

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Sciences TecnoCampus, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Ernest Lluch 32, 8032 Mataró, Spain; Department of Care Management and Social Work, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: ecabrera@tecnocampus.cat.
² Department of Nursing, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona & Associate Professor, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.

Abstract

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Pandemic has showed the urgent need to guarantee adequate nurse workforce ratios.
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It is imperative to plan the need of nurses in High Education institutions.
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Advanced nurses must participate in decision making and healthcare political dialog.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Clinical Competence*
Delivery of Health Care / organization & administration*
Humans
Nurses*