Global nursing shortages has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the shortages issues needs to be addressed immediately. The declining birth rate is reshaping Taiwan's higher education landscape, the number of new university students across Taiwan will fall below 200,000 in the 2025-2026 academic year, Taiwan’s nursing shortage reaches critical levels. The government agreed to implement medium- and long-term policies to solve the nursing shortage with USD$1.46 billion allocated to resolve the problem. However, hospitals must turn to smarter workflows and cultural reform to protect care quality and retain an overstretched workforce. The regional hospital has been applying three main framework strategies to since 2019, including (A)Nurturing Seedlings, (B)Protecting Seedlings and (C)Strengthening Seedlings. Therefore, the nurse turnover rate has been decreased from 13.35% in 2018 to 12.05% as of October 31, 2025. The number of nurses has been increased from 378 in 2018 to 423 as of October 31, 2025.low turnover rates contribute to sufficient nursing staff of the hospital.

Chia-Hsien Su has completed her PhD at the age of 49 years from China Medical University (Taiwan) and she is the director of nursing department, New Taipei City Hospital. she has published more than 5 papers in reputed journals.