Nursing Shortage and Quality of Care The need for more registered nurses continues to rise as we now come to face an increase in the geriatric population that is the “Baby Boomers”. The safety and quality of patient care is directly related to the size and experience of the nursing workforce. Nurses work in a variety of conditions that may not be preferential because hospitals have not kept up with the rising demand for nurses. As a nurse assistant‚ staff nurse‚ charge nurse or nursing administrator
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Now‚ a recent study by researchers at the New York University Colleges of Nursing (NYUCN) and of Dentistry (NYUCD)‚ published in The Journal of Urban Health examines the impact on NYULMC nurses’ post-Sandy deployment to help address patient surge in eight local hospitals and health facilities that had not been as affected by the storm. The mixed method study‚ "Challenges of Nurses’ Deployment to Other New York City Hospitals in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy‚" is one of only a few to evaluate the
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Ethics and its impact on nursing “Ethics is not definable‚ is not implementable‚ because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking‚ but also our feeling‚” Valdemar W. Setzer. According to Fundamentals of Nursing‚ The Art and Science of Nursing Care‚ (4th edition)” ethics is a systematic inquiry into principles of right and wrong conduct‚ of virtue and vice‚ and of good and evil
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Nursing Shortages in Texas Require New Legislature Mary Sanc G C U Ethics‚ Policy and Finance in Health Care System NUR-508 Dr. April 1‚ 2015 Nursing Shortages in Texas Require New Legislature There is a shortage of nurses nationwide‚ and there is an increase in the number of people in the United States over 65. This group has many medical needs. Nursing shortages can lead to stressful conditions which can result in injury‚ fatigue and job dissatisfaction ("American Nurses Association‚" n.d.)
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July 28‚ 2014 Water: Adapting to a New Normal In Sandra Postel article she explains the impact Lack of water will have on Humans and the environment. She begins the article by stating that‚ “our water problem turns out to be much more worrisome than our energy problem” (Postel 1). She goes on to explain that human activity‚ the increase in global warming temperatures and humans altering of our natural waterways are the blame for the water problem. She gives examples
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IOM Report Impact on Nursing IOM Report Impact on Nursing Sarah Smith Grand Canyon University IOM Report Impact on Nursing In 2010‚ the Institute of medicine released a report that focuses on the Future of Nursing. In this report the IOM focuses on nursing issues that impact the way health care is delivered and also discusses advances in practice. “Nursing has more than 3 million members‚ making the profession of nursing the largest segment of the nation’s health care workforce” (Institute
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The Nursing Shortage at My Job Phase 5 Individual Project Deborah Talton Colorado Technical University March 23‚ 2014 There is a shortage of nurses in this country in general and at my job in particular. “The causes of nursing shortages worldwide are attributed primarily to aging populations‚ increasing patient acuity‚ an explosion of knowledge and technology‚ and the ever-expanding role of nurses” (Wolff‚ Pesut‚ & Regan‚ 2010). This shortage affects our community but most important‚ it
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introduction The issue of the nursing shortage is not a new one. In the last decade the media has mentioned the nursing shortage and other problems faced by the nursing workforce. The article chosen for this paper is titled “Influx of out-of-region patients exacerbates nursing shortage” and it is found in volume 32 of Crain’s Cleveland Business magazine (Magaw‚ 2011). The purpose of this paper is to mention the issues in the article and compare them to the nursing trends discussed in the literature
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The IOM ’s Report on the Impact of Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Professional Dynamics August 16‚ 2013 The IOM ’s Report on the Impact of Nursing With the United States (US) and the world facing a multitude of issues‚ the nations healthcare concerns continue to take high priority. Finding timely solutions to health care reforms became the inspiration of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)‚ the IOM created the RWJF Initiative
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The history of nursing is very important and the impact that it had on health care profession is fascinating. Nursing is considered to be one of the most regulated and respected professions in the world directed on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may acquire‚ keep‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Not that long ago during the period sometimes called the dark ages and the period after that the renaissance‚ more than half of all nursing positions were conducted
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