Nursing Shortage Impact on Healthcare Tracey Simmons Aquinas College Department of Nursing; RN-to-BSN Program November 13‚ 2012 Nursing Shortage Impact on Healthcare Dating back to the 1940s‚ the healthcare industry has realized that there is a need for more nurses. The increased demand for nurses was mainly driven by the casualties of World War II (Mahaffey‚ 2002). The question of how to address the nursing shortage back then was answered a decade later with the Associates Degree in Nursing
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Scarce Resources: The Nursing Shortage September 24‚ 2012 Scarce Resources: The Nursing Shortage It is a widely known fact that the United States is facing a critical shortage of Registered Nurses (RN’s)‚ and that over the next several years the need for nurses is going to increase significantly due to the ageing baby boomer generation. It is expected that by 2020 the United States will face a shortage of over one million nurses (Buerhaus‚ Auerback‚ & Staiger‚ 2009) and this fact has drawn
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Crawford University of Phoenix Nursing Leadership and Management NUR 587 Dr. Marie Holley January 24‚ 2011 Organizational Analysis Nurses focus on providing the best quality of care to patients. To have the ability to provide the best quality of care to patients‚ nurses need a work environment that values and respects nurses‚ and provides resources for nurses to provide quality care to patients. “A magnet hospital is stated to be one where nursing delivers excellent patient outcomes
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Nursing Shortages are Critical in the Healthcare Field Sharoder Bonhomme American Public University System Abstract The nursing shortage is nothing new to the United States of America. In this issue analysis essay‚ the causes that are compounding the nursing shortage are examined as well as the actions taken to prevent the shortage from becoming worse. Past nursing shortage causes and the current causes are studied. Most importantly‚ patient safety is at risk resulting in medical errors
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Cause and Effects of the Nursing Shortage Abstract The nursing shortage is a growing concern for the nation. The aging population is causing more demand for qualified healthcare professionals. At the same time‚ healthcare professionals are retiring faster than they can be replaced. This shortage of nursing professionals is causing more overtime work‚ which creates more nursing errors. Scholarships and grants are being awarded to students to try and generate more nursing professionals. Many
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1. Use of effective and therapeutic communication methods with patients and members of the interprofessional health care team to deliver high quality patient care. SLO (D) (N4518 Syllabus p.1): I use therapeutic communication by making myself available to my patient and showing interest in their concern such as asking about their pain every hour or asking if they need water/ snacks when necessary. I also ask about similarities and difference in event such as “Is the numbness you’re having today worse
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The nursing practice is a complex and continuously changing profession. It’s dedication to providing excellence patient center care‚ improving the quality of life for all patients‚ and upholding patients’ rights. As a new graduate nurse‚ it can be hard to transition into such a field‚ and you may find it to be overwhelming and difficult to meet the demands of the patient and workplace. As a new graduate nurse transitioning into the nursing practice‚ the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
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References: Barnett‚ J. (1986‚ Sept. ). Ethical dilemmas in nursing. Journal of medical ethics‚ 123-126. Concern raised about patient care. (2006). Retrieved from http://www.pb.org Hurricane katrina‚ triage‚ and the memorial hospital story: ethical implications for american health care. (2009). Retrieved from http://bilgrimage
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to patient by offgoing nurse Implementation: * Needs support of administration * Need nurses to be willing to help develop bedside reporting guidelines * Give literature to nurses on bedside rounding * Provide teaching to patients/nursing staff prior to initiation * Provide time for nurses to become familiar with new report Sheets * Use a shift report handoff sheet such as the SBAR (T) format Process: * Inform patients approximately 30 to 60 minutes prior to shift change
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staffing affects patients‚ their loved ones‚ future and current nursing staff‚ and the hospitals in which they are employed” (Martin‚ 2015‚ p. 4). Inadequate staffing can be seen as conflicting with ethical nursing practice. It has been shown to have unsatisfactory patient outcomes‚ as well as dissatisfaction from the nurses about their job. (Martin‚ 2015). Nurses’ working with inadequate staffing have been shown to miss providing basic nursing care‚ such as “turning‚ feeding‚ setting up meals‚ bathing/skin
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