Is there enough care to go around?

Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol. 81, pp. 541–546

Abstract

This year's theme of International Nurses Day is 'Our Nurses.Our Future.The economic power of care', which is aimed at 'reshap [ing] perceptions and demonstrat [ing] how strategic investment in nursing can bring considerable economic and societal benefits'.The International Council of Nurses mentions that nursing often faces financial constraints and societal undervaluation.These constraints and undervaluation affect wage and non-wage job attributes in nursing, which have real impacts on the ability to attract and retain a sufficiently large nursing workforce.The workload is high, the work is emotionally and physically demanding, and nurses' exposure to different forms of violence in the workplace is widespread (Pariona-Cabrera et al.,

Authors 2

1. Guyonne R. J. Kalb corresponding

   The University of Melbourne · Australian Research Council · IZA - Institute of Labor Economics · ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course

   Affiliation as printed

   Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course Brisbane Australia

   Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Bonn Germany

   Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, University of Melbourne Melbourne Australia

2. Jordy Meekes Aachen Department of Economics Leiden University Leiden The Netherlands

   Leiden University · Australian Research Council · IZA - Institute of Labor Economics · ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course

   Affiliation as printed

   Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course Brisbane Australia

   Department of Economics Leiden University Leiden the Netherlands

   Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Bonn Germany