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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Quality Nursing Care (i) Table of contents PAGE 1. Introduction 1 2. Definition / Explanation of quality care 1 3. The Elements of quality care 1 4. Quality assurance and risk management
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Nursing Shortage 1 Running head: Scarce Resource Article Assessment Scarce Resource Article Assessment University of Phoenix Nur/531 Influencing the Future of Nursing and Health Care February 1‚ 2010 Nursing Shortage 2 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to prepare an editorial response to the article entitled‚ Nursing Shortage: Have We Missed the Real Problem? This author will discuss and define the issue and the article. The author will then discuss influencing factors and support
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scale of the challenge of nursing shortages‚ but also makes the point that there is a policy agenda that provides workable solutions. Results An overview of nurse:population ratios in different countries and regions of the world‚ highlighting considerable variations‚ with Africa and South East Asia having the lowest average ratios. The paper argues that the ‘shortage’ of nurses is not necessarily a shortage of individuals with nursing qualifications‚ it is a shortage of nurses willing to work
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1. What is “housing shortage”? Ans: Housing shortage is occurs when there is insuffient housing to accommodate the population in an area‚ when the supply of houses cannot meet the demand. It also includes situations where housing is unaffordable for those who need it. The presence of homeless people‚ and slums and squatter settlements‚ is also an indication of housing shortage. 2. What is “inclusive housing”? Ans: An inclusive city is one that provides all residents with adequate housing and access
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Today‚ community hospital becomes a fast-paced environment. The growing number of consumers‚ including the median age from 40 to 41 years old in the American health care system; the community hospital strategic management is a fender-bender with the country economy and politic. In the same vein‚ the Patient protection and Affordable Care Act expansion of health care of many New Jersey’s people have allowed some things that were limited. People with a pre-existing condition and the children who remain
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Global Fresh Water Shortage Fresh water shortage is a global issue. There are more than one hundred countries face different levels of fresh water shortage‚ and thirty years later there will be 28 to 33 hundred billion people have shortages of water. People lived in fresh water shortage countries cannot even have water to keep them alive. Because of the fresh water shortage‚ people lived near the southern Sahara desert abandoned farmland‚ and 200‚000 people died from that. Africa‚ Asia‚ North American
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------------------------------------------------- To what extent can water shortages be dealt with on an individual level? Water is the basic necessity of life which is even more important than food. A person can live 2 weeks without food but not even 7 days without water. Since few years‚ there has been a population boom and population in present is almost twice the population before the boom. This has caused water and food crisis in many countries‚ more importantly LEDCs. Presently‚ statistics
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plants in the system is insufficient to supply all consumers with electric power of the required quality. A shortage of real power can result in a lowering of frequency throughout the power system and can ultimately lead to a breakdown condition. The breakdown condition can be prevented by connecting additional (spare) generators to the system or by disconnecting some of the consumers. A shortage of reactive power causes a voltage drop in the system. In extreme cases a so-called voltage avalanche can
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