A Visionary Think Tank to Address the Nursing Workforce Crisis

Angelique L Richard; Abby Hornbogen; Angela Cooper; Stephanie Yohannan; Frank D Hicks; Trish Anen; Kathleen Ferket

doi:10.1097/NNA.0000000000001353

A Visionary Think Tank to Address the Nursing Workforce Crisis

J Nurs Adm. 2023 Nov 1;53(11):607-614. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001353.

Authors

Angelique L Richard¹, Abby Hornbogen, Angela Cooper, Stephanie Yohannan, Frank D Hicks, Trish Anen, Kathleen Ferket

Affiliation

¹ Author Affiliations: Chief Nursing Officer and Senior Vice President (Dr Richard), Hospital Operations, Rush University Medical Center; Vice President, Patient Care and Chief Nursing Officer (Hornbogen), Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora; Chief Nursing Officer (Dr Cooper), Rush Oak Park Hospital, Oak Park; Associate Vice President (Dr Yohannan), Patient Care Services, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago; Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Affairs, Professor (Dr Hicks), Adult and Gerontological Nursing, Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago; Owner (Anen), Trish Anen Advisory Services LLC, Sugar Grove; Principal, Consultant and Executive Leadership Coach (Ferket), L3 Advisors Group, Park Ridge, Illinois.

PMID: 37874876
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001353

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an existing problem plaguing hospital systems across the United States: a nursing workforce shortage. This article describes how one institution applied the American Organization for Nursing Leadership Nurse Executive Competencies to convene an immersive think tank to reimagine the nursing workforce.

MeSH terms

Humans
Leadership
Nurse Administrators*
Nursing Staff*
Pandemics
United States
Workforce