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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 2 BY REDWINE and KIBBIE 1 3 A Resolution urging that attention be focused on the 1 4 potential shortage of qualified nurses in the health 1 5 care profession. 1 6 WHEREAS, nurses constitute the largest number of 1 7 health care professionals in the United States; and 1 8 WHEREAS, many nurses are concerned about the 1 9 inadequacies of staffing; and 1 10 WHEREAS, the demand for nursing services has been 1 11 affected by cost-containment pressures within health 1 12 care organizations resulting from managed care and an 1 13 increasingly competitive health care environment; 1 14 hospital consolidation, downsizing, and reengineering; 1 15 reductions in inpatient hospitalization rates; 1 16 increased acuity of hospital patients' conditions; and 1 17 a shift of outpatient care from hospitals to 1 18 ambulatory and community-based settings, all of which 1 19 affect the use of qualified nurses; and 1 20 WHEREAS, the declining enrollments in nursing 1 21 programs, the aging of the current workforce, and the 1 22 rate of qualified persons leaving the career indicate 1 23 a future shortage of nurses; and 1 24 WHEREAS, efforts must be immediately commenced to 1 25 recruit new nurses and encourage existing nurses to 1 26 remain in the nursing profession through adequate 1 27 orientation and mentoring programs; and 1 28 WHEREAS, Iowa's proportion of older adults in the 1 29 population exceeds that of the United States as a 1 30 whole, and Iowa's 19.91 percentage of persons aged 60 2 1 years or older ranks fourth in the nation; and 2 2 WHEREAS, the health requirements of older Iowans, 2 3 and all Iowa citizens, will continue, and likely 2 4 increase, the need for trained nursing professionals; 2 5 NOW THEREFORE, 2 6 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the General 2 7 Assembly needs to address the issue of nursing 2 8 shortages, by considering the creation of state-based 2 9 nursing workforce centers to track, analyze, and make 2 10 recommendations on the nursing workforce within the 2 11 state, and by increasing nursing education dollars to 2 12 increase the capacity of the schools of nursing and 2 13 recruit more students into nursing. 2 14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That nurses are recognized 2 15 as an integral part of the health care profession, and 2 16 that every effort must be made to prevent a shortage 2 17 of nurses, which would adversely affect every citizen 2 18 of Iowa. 2 19 LSB 3239XS 79 2 20 vl/gg/8.1
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