NCONL POSITION
The North Carolina Organization of Nurse Leaders believes that
every person deserves access to quality health care and that
its members have the responsibility to ensure safe practice
for nurses. NCONL also supports that nurses must possess the
competencies required in an increasingly complex healthcare
delivery system.
ISSUES/CONCERNS FROM "FUTURE THINK" PROPOSAL:
- Are
there other professions that have undergone this stepwise
journey and how did it affect their outcomes?
- How
will acute care hospitals provide adequate/safe amount of
caregivers in an existing shortage with the proposed "leveling?"
(national and state 13 - 15% shortage of RNs)
- How
will the passage of Nurse Reinvestment Act impact this proposal?
- NCONL/NCHA
and other professional healthcare organizations must be
key stakeholders in this discussion and decision-making.
- Across
the state, there are different acuity levels for specialty
units (critical care, progressive care, maternal-child,
etc.). How does this impact "leveling"?
- Financial
resources allocated with legislative support
- Workforce
transistions to assure supply meets demand.
SUMMARY
While NCONL finds great energy and creativity in the document,
it is the belief that more nurse administrators/managers and
direct-caregivers should be involved in the discussion and
decision-making of "future think" proposals. It
is also the belief that more research and documentation needs
to be provided to support the "leveling" proposal.
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