High nursing attrition at a level I trauma center, coupled with a profound national
nursing shortage and confounded by an inaccessible and failing primary health system
in the United States, have created a looming yet surmountable challenge to the nursing
staff at the University of Virginia (UVA) emergency department. The challenge of retaining
quality nurses in a stressful workplace is common in teaching institutions across
the United States. Three staff nurses in the UVA emergency department who recognized
a near critical shortage of emergency nurses at UVA have developed a unique intervention
with a “grassroots” approach to face these challenges.
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Biography
Tim Cunningham, Member, Jefferson Chapter, is Clinician II, Emergency Department, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Biography
Jonathan Bartels is Clinician III, Emergency Department, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Biography
Courtney Grant is Clinician II, Emergency Department, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Biography
Michael Ralph is Clinician IV, Emergency Department, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Article info
Publication history
Published online: October 18, 2010
Accepted:
September 12,
2010
Received in revised form:
July 16,
2010
Received:
April 22,
2010
Footnotes
Section Editor: Kathryn Moore, RN, DNP, CCRN, CEN, ACNP-BC, ANP-BC, GNP-BC
Submissions to this column are encouraged and may be sent to Kathryn Moore, RN, DNP, CCRN, CEN, ACNP-BC, ANP-BC, GNP-BC
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