A scoping review of the nursing workforce's changing demography: Supporting Baby-Boomer nurses

doi:10.1111/jonm.13132

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. 2020 Oct;28(7):1473-1480.

doi: 10.1111/jonm.13132. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

A scoping review of the nursing workforce's changing demography: Supporting Baby-Boomer nurses

Ivan Gan¹

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PMID: 32786163
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.13132

Review

A scoping review of the nursing workforce's changing demography: Supporting Baby-Boomer nurses

Ivan Gan. J Nurs Manag. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;28(7):1473-1480.

doi: 10.1111/jonm.13132. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

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Ivan Gan¹

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¹ Department of Arts & Communication, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, TX, USA.

PMID: 32786163
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.13132

Abstract

Aims: This scoping review discusses two telecommuting options to advance scholarship regarding Baby-Boomer nurses' delayed retirement and to extend their contribution to bedside nursing.

Background: Peer-reviewed studies published in the 15 years before COVID-19 indicate that Baby-Boomer nurses' retirement will increase the global nursing shortage. However, three international trends have affected Baby-Boomer nurses' decision to delay their retirement.

Evaluation: This review observed the scoping review framework.

Key issues: COVID-19 further disrupts the current understanding of Baby-Boomer nurses' retirement as they recognize COVID-19's impact on health care systems and younger nurses. Technological advancements and the changing needs of health care delivery have made telecommuting a practical possibility.

Conclusion: Baby-Boomer nurses can leverage alternative work arrangements to meet their needs and to contribute to clinical practice through telecommuting. This approach extends Baby-Boomer nurses' careers and creates a resource for bedside nurses.

Implications for nursing management: Clinical experience matters at the bedside. Telecommuting maximizes the retention of Baby-Boomer nurses' clinical expertise to benefit patients and to socialize bedside nurses. Baby-Boomer nurses can contribute to patient monitoring as well as patient education and counselling through telehealth. They can also provide asynchronous and synchronous telementoring to bedside nurses.

Keywords: economics; employment status; labour force; nursing; nursing personnel; occupational status.

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[1] Agosto, P., Cieplinski, J. A., Monforto, K., Griffin, M. D., Roberts, K. E., Tracy, E., & Hickerson, K. A. (2017). The central staffing office intensive care nurse residency program: A pilot program. Nursing Economics, 35, 147.

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[4] Ang, S. Y., Ayoob, S. B. M., Hussain, N. B. S., Uthaman, T., Adenan, H., Chiang, P., … Ostbye, T. (2016). Older nurses in Singapore: Factors associated with attitudes towards extending working life. Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 25, 222-229. https://doi.org/10.1177/2010105816655553

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[8] Auerbach, D. I., Buerhaus, P. I., & Staiger, D. O. (2014). Registered nurses are delaying retirement, a shift that has contributed to recent growth in the nurse workforce. Health Affairs, 33, 1474-1480. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0128

[9] Auerbach, D. I., Buerhaus, P. I., & Staiger, D. O. (2015). Will the RN workforce weather the retirement of the Baby Boomers? Medical Care, 53, 850-856. https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000000415

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