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<strong>RN4CAST</strong> RATIONALE<br />

� Nursing workforce planning and forecasting efforts…<br />

� have a poor record of accurately predicting future nursing<br />

workforce needs and of informing policy interventions that avoid<br />

cyclical shortages.<br />

� don’t take in<strong>to</strong> account <strong>the</strong> dynamics between nurse-<strong>to</strong>-patient<br />

ratios, skill mix, nurse education level, and nursing work<br />

environment on one hand and nurse wellbeing and patient<br />

outcomes on <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r hand.<br />

ICN CONFERENCE AND CNR, 2-8 MAY 2011 MALTA<br />

WWW.<strong>RN4CAST</strong>.EU<br />

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