Geriatric Nursing Leadership Annotated Bibliography

1. Flaherty, E., & Bartels, S. J. (2019). Addressing the community-based geriatric healthcare workforce shortage by leveraging the potential of interprofessional teams. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67(S2), S400-S408.

The article acknowledges that increased demand for geriatric services in the United States is inevitable. The inevitability is a derivative of increased life expectancy among Americans. Therefore, there is a high probability limitation in meeting the growing need for healthcare services to the elderly soon. The article focuses on exploring the different ways in which the community may assist to mitigate the shortages of nurses in geriatric care. Consequently, the publication provides extensive information concerning the roles of nurses and caregivers in elderly care institutions. The position advocated by the article is that there is a need to shift the perception of nursing and caregiving while strategizing on how to supply adequate care to the growing elderly population. Further, the article argues that it is possible for caregiving to become a role for both medical and non-medical persons. The proposition brings makes elderly care as something that qualifies as healthcare and social care service. Therefore, the article is critical in understanding the pros and cons of community members assuming roles designated for medical personnel. Some of the barriers included in the paper are poor educational background, lack of training, agreements and structures of payment, and leadership resistance. Understanding the barriers is critical in senior nursing leadership. The leaders require understanding the challenges to become more sensitive, logical, and realistic in using community-based assistance when elderly healthcare burdens are increasing than labor supplied by the available nurses.

2. Lee, W. C., & Sumaya, C. V. (2013). Geriatric workforce capacity: A pending crisis for nursing home residents. Frontiers in Public Health, 1, 24.

The article is pertinent in understanding the cause of the low supply of geriatricians in the United States. However, Lee and Sumaya (2013) focus on the New Hampshire (NH) population. The case in NH is peculiar because it informs that elderly population and admissions in nursing homes is increasing. The article projects that the total population size of the elderly in NH will double by 2030 as the case is becoming worse because people above 85 years are many than age 65-84. It is imperative to understand that as people age, they are increasingly becoming vulnerable to chronic diseases. Therefore, there is a need to increase the number of geriatricians in the United States because demand for services is growing. As the need increases, the number of geriatricians is decreasing, which affirms the risks and vulnerabilities in elderly care. Based on the study, the number of geriatricians in NH has decreased from 10,270 to 8,502 between 2000 and 2010. The observation indicates that most of the NH institutions are incapacitated to offer effective health services. The article is critical among geriatric nursing leaders because it informs them about the need for strategizing on training and retaining geriatricians in nursing homes. This is the basis for boosting the professionalism and effectiveness in geriatric care across the United States.

3. Maresova, P., Prochazka, M., Barakovic, S., Barakovic Husic, J., & Kuca, K. (2020, June). A Shortage in the Number of Nurses—A Case Study from a Selected Region in the Czech Republic and International Context. In Healthcare(Vol. 8, No. 2, p. 152).