“Healthcare systems are increasingly burdened by challenges, including increasing healthcare costs, increasing demand for care, growing care complexity, and increasing pressure for enhanced patient experience and person-centeredness (1,2). Nurses play a major role in responding to these challenges and are at the front line in delivering vital healthcare (3,4). However, nursing shortages fuelled by growing professional dissatisfaction are putting this vital role, and therefore high-quality patient care, at risk” (5).
Dit is hoe vele van de artikelen binnen de verplegingswetenschappen beginnen. De kwaliteit van zorg en persoonsgerichtheid staan onder druk, en verpleegkundigen moeten reageren op deze uitdagingen. Ondertussen liggen de tijden van personeelsoverschotten ver achter ons en is overduidelijk dat de schaarste aan personeel ernstig zal verdiepen de komende decennia. Met
