At a recent JONA Editorial Board meeting, some topics and trends for the upcoming years were discussed. Here are a few of the trends our Board members and I feel are emerging.
Trends in 2022-2025 that are identified for further study include:
-Workforce (Great quit; Retirement; The effect of COVID on staffing including Travelers and Agency Use and the implications of this staffing support; New models for nursing practice leaders in relating to schools of nursing; Ways to increase the pipeline of nurses and role of acute care leaders in these models)
-Moral Injury and Resiliency
-Testing new staffing models; Do LPNs have a place in acute care? If so, the many complexities to this need to be explored)
-New and innovative niche new graduate programs to fill needs in specific services or specialities highlighting outcomes
-Efforts to further diversity and inclusion at all levels
-Programs targeted to address workplace violence and adverse events
-Nurse Leader/Nurse Executive fatigue and support structures; Addressing turnover at this level
-New structures and outcomes for Professional Governance
-Follow up on identified nursing research priorities
-Programs increasing access to healthcare