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Nurse Leader Weekly, June 2, 2008

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"As a nurse, the obstacles you face on a daily basis increase the difficulty of your job regardless of the pressure for you to deliver quality patient care. You might feel many of these obstacles are unnecessary, unfair, and if the sufficient amount of nurses were employed at your facility--these obstacles would not even exist.

Have you ever wondered how staffing issues at your facility measure up to those around the country?

Take a look at the results below from the American Nurses Association's Safe Staffing Poll that received responses from more than 10,000 nurses. The findings emphasize the ongoing need for adequate nursing staffing.

• 73% of nurses asked don't believe the staffing on their unit or shift is sufficient
• 59.8% of those asked said they knew of someone who left direct care nursing due to concerns about safe staffing
• 51.2% of nurses believe the quality of nursing care has declined in their unit over the past year
• 48.2% would not feel confident having someone close to them receiving care in the facility where they work
• 46% of nurses that were considering leaving their position associated it with inadequate staffing
• 36% rarely or never take their full meal break"

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