Establishing Reputational Equity for the Nursing Profession

Johnson JH; Alexander GR and Bonds JM

doi:10.23880/nhij-16000231

Nursing & Healthcare International Journal Research Article 2 min read

Establishing Reputational Equity for the Nursing Profession

Johnson JH^*, Alexander GR and Bonds JM

^* Corresponding author

ISSN: 2575-9981 10.23880/nhij-16000231 Received: January 07, 2021 Published: January 26, 2021

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Abstract

The nursing profession in the United States was experiencing a labor shortage and facing diversity and inclusion challenges prior to the Covid-19 pandemic [1-5]. Magnifying these problems, the nation’s population was shifting--geographically and demographically [6,7]. This resulted in changes in both where nurses are needed in the health care system and the nursing skill set required to address health care needs of a far more diverse clientele of patients—in terms of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, living arrangements, socio-economic status, and spoken language [1].

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Intervention Domain	Strategies, Policies, Tactics, Procedures & Practices
Leader behaviors & commitments	• Housing allowances in scholarship and fellowship packages to support diverse nursing student recruitment & retention
Leader behaviors & commitments	• Invest in affordable housing to recruit & retain nurses in hospitals & other health care settings
Talent recruitment, development & retentions	• Advocate for immigration reforms supporting temporary visas for foreign born nurses and place-based visas to help rural health systems recruit nurses from abroad
	• Decrease the number of nursing students denied admissions to nursing programs by advocating and incentivizing actions to make teaching nursing an attractive career option
	• Concentrate efforts to recruit male nurses
Workplace culture & climate	• Address stereotyping, bias, & discriminatory treatment of males in nursing education programs & work settings
	• Close the pay gap between nurse educators and nurses in practice
	• Establish and support caregiving networks
	• Encourage DEIB courageous conversations
Community engagement & support	• Support mental wellness, food security, and residential stability for nursing workforce
Community engagement & support	• Establish nursing career pipeline program in schools with large historically marginalized student pop- ulations

Table 1: Reputational Equity Checklist. Source: authors based on Johnson and Bonds (2020a) [19].

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