Global nurse shortages—the facts, the impact and action for change

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Abstract

Nurses comprise half the global health workforce. A nine million shortage estimated in 2014 is predicted to decrease by two million by 2030 but disproportionality effect regions such as Africa. This scoping review investigated: what is known about current nurse workforces and shortages and what can be done to forestall such shortages?

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Title: British Medical Bulletin

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Print): 0007-1420

ISSN (Electronic): 1471-8391

Publication date Created: June 2019

Publication date Created: June 19 2019

Publication date Created: May 13 2019

Publication date Other: June 2019

Publication date (Print): June 19 2019

Publication date (Electronic): May 13 2019

Volume: 130

Issue: 1

Pages: 25-37

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[1 ]Centre for Health & Social Care Research, Joint Faculty of Kingston University & St. George’s University of London, St. George’s University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London ,UK

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DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldz014

PubMed ID: 31086957

SO-VID: 5c5b9bc1-3e85-4a18-8bc1-ea17d4a326f8

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