TY - JOUR
T1 - American academy of nursing consensus recommendations to advance system level change for nurse well-being
AU - Naegle, Madeline A.
AU - Kelly, Lesly A.
AU - Embree, Jennifer L.
AU - Valentine, Nancy
AU - Sharp, Daryl
AU - Grinspun, Doris
AU - Hines-Martin, Vicki P.
AU - Crawford, Cecelia L.
AU - Rosa, William E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This consensus paper represents the work of the Building Health Care Systems Excellence, Psychiatric Mental Health and Substance Use, and Global Health Expert Panels. The authors gratefully acknowledge the following members for their review and expertise: Sharon H. Pappas, PhD, RN, FAAN; JoEllen Schimmels, DNP, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, CNE, FAAN; Cynda H. Rushton, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN; Marla J. Weston, PhD, RN, FAAN; Nancy Blake, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CCRN, FAAN; Kathleen G. Burke, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, CENP, FAAN; Elizabeth Bonham, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN; Maureen P. McCausland, DNSc, RN, FAAN.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has required close examination of workforce-related stressors that over decades have contributed to widespread burnout, negative health outcomes, including mental health outcomes, and the loss of the well-educated professionals who are the future of the nursing profession. In the United States and globally, evidence points to factors known to diminish well-being, including inequities, issues of minority status, persistent discrimination, and demanding work environments. The American Academy of Nursing (AAN), dedicated to organizational excellence, nursing leadership and evidence-based policy, develops statements reflecting its mission and those of its nursing affiliates and corporate member, The American Nurses Association. Within nursing, despite the efforts of its members toward advancement, professional fulfillment is often constrained by the systems in which nurses practice and workplace factors over which they have little control. Action by key organizations to initiate changes at systems levels in workplace safety, to increase professional mobility, and propel policies that increase access to health care resources could improve nurse well-being. This paper proposes recommendations from the AAN Expert Panels on Building Health Care System Excellence, Psychiatric Mental Health and Substance Use, and Global Health Expert Panels for the American Academy of Nursing to leverage related policy in the arenas of government and professional/healthcare organizations. Transforming health care work environments and advancing nurse well-being and equity can be accomplished through key, innovative policy changes. These will be achieved through collaboration among associations, organizations, nonprofit groups, and with the public and the media.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has required close examination of workforce-related stressors that over decades have contributed to widespread burnout, negative health outcomes, including mental health outcomes, and the loss of the well-educated professionals who are the future of the nursing profession. In the United States and globally, evidence points to factors known to diminish well-being, including inequities, issues of minority status, persistent discrimination, and demanding work environments. The American Academy of Nursing (AAN), dedicated to organizational excellence, nursing leadership and evidence-based policy, develops statements reflecting its mission and those of its nursing affiliates and corporate member, The American Nurses Association. Within nursing, despite the efforts of its members toward advancement, professional fulfillment is often constrained by the systems in which nurses practice and workplace factors over which they have little control. Action by key organizations to initiate changes at systems levels in workplace safety, to increase professional mobility, and propel policies that increase access to health care resources could improve nurse well-being. This paper proposes recommendations from the AAN Expert Panels on Building Health Care System Excellence, Psychiatric Mental Health and Substance Use, and Global Health Expert Panels for the American Academy of Nursing to leverage related policy in the arenas of government and professional/healthcare organizations. Transforming health care work environments and advancing nurse well-being and equity can be accomplished through key, innovative policy changes. These will be achieved through collaboration among associations, organizations, nonprofit groups, and with the public and the media.
KW - Discrimination
KW - Mental health
KW - Policy
KW - Stigma
KW - Well-being
KW - Work
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U2 - 10.1016/j.outlook.2023.101917
DO - 10.1016/j.outlook.2023.101917
M3 - Article
C2 - 36736029
AN - SCOPUS:85147298366
SN - 0029-6554
VL - 71
JO - Nursing outlook
JF - Nursing outlook
IS - 2
M1 - 101917
ER -