Nurse Corps’ impact on increasing registered nurse staffing in critical shortage areas and facilities, 2017 to 2022

IF 4.1 2区医学 Q1 NURSING

Nursing Outlook Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI:10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102233

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Abstract

Background

The registered nurse (RN) workforce experienced critical pre-pandemic and pandemic shortages of labor in some areas in the United States. People living in these health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) may have less access to health services. The Bureau of Health Workforce within the Health Resources and Services Administration administers Nurse Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs to increase healthcare access by increasing the supply and distribution of RNs, nurse practitioners, and nurse faculty to HPSAs. The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) made available considerable new resources for the program.

Purpose

This paper reports on Nurse Corps applications, awards, and distribution in 2 cohorts in the period 2017 to 2022 to assess the impact of receiving an additional $200 million appropriated in 2021.

Discussion

Additional funds through ARPA were associated with nearly threefold increases in the number of Nurse Corps awards. Program participants worked in a total of 1,316 counties (42% of all U.S. counties) in 2020 to 2022, a 76% increase from 749 counties in 2017 to 2019.

Conclusion

Increased funding for scholarship and loan repayment can help to improve the distribution of nurse labor to a greater number of critical shortage areas in the United States.

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2017 年至 2022 年护士军团对增加严重短缺地区和设施注册护士人手的影响

背景美国一些地区的注册护士（RN）队伍在大流行前和大流行中出现了严重的劳动力短缺。生活在这些卫生专业人员短缺地区（HPSAs）的人们可能较难获得医疗服务。卫生资源和服务管理局内的卫生劳动力局管理着护士军团奖学金和贷款偿还计划，通过增加对 HPSAs 的护士、执业护士和护士教员的供应和分配来提高医疗保健的可及性。2021 年美国救援计划法案》（American Rescue Plan Act of 2021，ARPA）为该计划提供了大量新资源。目的本文报告了 2017 年至 2022 年期间两批护士团的申请、奖励和分配情况，以评估 2021 年获得额外 2 亿美元拨款的影响。2020 年至 2022 年，该计划的参与者共在 1316 个县（占美国县总数的 42%）工作，比 2017 年至 2019 年的 749 个县增加了 76%.结论增加奖学金和贷款偿还资金有助于改善护士劳动力在美国更多严重短缺地区的分布。

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来源期刊

Nursing Outlook 医学-护理

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

7.00%

发文量

109

审稿时长

25 days

期刊介绍： Nursing Outlook, a bimonthly journal, provides innovative ideas for nursing leaders through peer-reviewed articles and timely reports. Each issue examines current issues and trends in nursing practice, education, and research, offering progressive solutions to the challenges facing the profession. Nursing Outlook is the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing and the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science and supports their mission to serve the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge. The journal is included in MEDLINE, CINAHL and the Journal Citation Reports published by Clarivate Analytics.