Environmentally speaking Major factors influence our ability to effectively plan. By 2005, more than 88 million adults will get health information from the Internet. These informed and sophisticated consumers will demand a new relationship with health care providers. Others may follow suit. We can find solutions with multidisciplinary and system approaches.
Dollars continue to evaporate.
We don't have enough nurses entering the profession to replace them. Our patients are sicker, our nurses older, our workplace more stressful, and our resources more limited. The next step Nurse leaders must step forward to address our work environment issues. We can bring order to health care's chaos. We have the knowledge, skills, insight, compassion, and energy.