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- Title
Help Wanted, Experience Preferred, Stamina a Must: A Narrative Review of the Contextual Factors Influencing Nursing Recruitment and Retention in Rural and Remote Western Canada from the Early Twentieth Century to 2023.
- Authors
McCallum, Amanda M.; Vandenberg, Helen E. R.; Penz, Kelly L.
- Abstract
Rural and remote communities of Western Canada have struggled to recruit and retain nursing professionals since the turn of the twentieth century. Existing literature has identified the unique challenges of rural nursing due to the shifting context of rural and remote nursing practice. The objective of this narrative review is to explore the history of rural and remote nursing to better understand the contextual influences shaping rural nursing shortages in Western Canada. This narrative review compared 27 sources of scholarly and historical evidence on the nature of rural nursing practices and recruitment and retention methods following the First World War until 2023. The findings suggest that the complex nature of rural nursing practice is a consistent challenge that has intersected with the long-standing power inequities that are inherent in rural marginalization, political influences, the nursing profession, social structures, and organizational design, to perpetuate rural nursing shortages throughout the past century. Integration and collaboration are needed to reduce systemic marginalization and develop effective and sustainable solutions to reduce nursing shortages in rural and remote areas of Western Canada.
- Subjects
ALBERTA; BRITISH Columbia; MANITOBA; SASKATCHEWAN; CANADA; AUSTRALIAN history; EMPLOYEE retention; NURSE supply &; demand; NURSES; CORPORATE culture; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; OCCUPATIONAL roles; CINAHL database; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HISTORY of nursing; SYSTEMATIC reviews; MEDLINE; THEMATIC analysis; EMPLOYEE recruitment; NURSING practice; ONLINE information services; PRACTICAL politics; RURAL nursing
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 2024, Vol 56, Issue 2, p134
- ISSN
0844-5621
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08445621231204962