Global Oncology Nursing Recruitment and Retention : A SWOT Analysis

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OBJECTIVES: This article documents the current status of global recruitment and retention of oncology nurses. A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats model was used to identify internal-to-nursing recruitment and retention factors/influences and external opportunities and threats as well as strategies and initiatives to improve the current situation.

DATA SOURCES: Data sources include published and grey literature from around the world.

CONCLUSION: Despite the increasing cancer burden threatening public health worldwide, recruitment and retention of oncology nurses remains challenging. Nursing strengths include action by oncology nursing associations, prelicensure nurse recruitment and preceptorships, and models of hospital shared governance. Nursing weaknesses include nurse bullying, practice models that curtail clinical nurses' autonomy, and hierarchical and inflexible nursing leadership. External to nursing are opportunities exemplified by international partnerships in oncology care and international oncology conferences for networking and learning. Examples of external threats are a lack of oncology nursing faculty, disrespectful media portrayal of nurses, community misconceptions about cancer curability, and hazards of cancer nursing.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Governments and hospital authorities wishing to successfully address cancer control must strategically plan for the recruitment and retention of an adequate nursing workforce. Opportunities such as government recognition of oncology specialty training, shared governance, continuing specialized education, advanced practice nursing roles and career paths, and participation in national cancer control planning will increase and sustain a critical oncology nursing workforce.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:39

Enthalten in:

Seminars in oncology nursing - 39(2023), 1 vom: 27. Feb., Seite 151361

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Challinor, Julia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cancer
Journal Article
Oncology nursing
Recruitment
Retention

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Date Completed 31.01.2023

Date Revised 08.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.soncn.2022.151361

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351324984