Alleviate the United States Nursing Shortage Recruitment of Foreign Nurses to Alleviate the United States Nursing Shortage Since the 1950s‚ the United States has depended heavily on recruitment of foreign educated nurses (FEN’s) – or the updated term internationally educated nurses (IEN’s) — as a remedy to alleviate staffing shortages within American healthcare facilities. While this recruitment has made a significant difference in addressing these shortages‚ it has also raised significant
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Water shortage may be next cause of world war While much attention and debate have been correctly focused on the impending planet-wide oil shortage‚ a far greater calamity awaits us as the reality of the looming global water crisis becomes more apparent. It is not unreasonable to wonder whether the next world war will be fought over oil or water. No resource on Earth is more precious than water. While ongoing events draw our attention to oil‚ we ignore what will become the most serious resource
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Hospital care differs from care at a nursing home facility. Hospitals specialize in short-term patient care. On average‚ a patient stays at the hospital for about four days. Hospitals treat and release their patients rather quickly because of the lack of rooms to accommodate them all‚ and the many demands from the insurance company. Patients come for numerous reasons that differ for all individuals. Patients come to the hospital in crucial situations‚ for which teams of medical specialists come
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over 30 die daily due to waiting or other illness that prevent them from becoming recipients(Washington post‚ 2014). Organ shortages seem to be a massive problem in the world today. According to the CDC‚ the most common transplants are the kidney‚ followed by the liver‚ heart and lungs (CDC‚ 2014). Deceased individuals only make up 1% of the donations‚ leading to an organ shortage today. This brings up several topics as to how these organs are obtained‚ and why certain types of people are getting better
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Shortage of Nurse Practitioners To determine why there is a shortage of nurse practitioners it is best to understand that there is a shortage of healthcare workers overall. The shortage of nurse practitioners began in the 1960s as a result of a shortage of primary care physicians. This was due to many physicians pursuing medical specialties that were more profitable. (Hamric‚ Spross‚ &Hanson‚ 2009) In 1965 Medicare and Medicaid began providing health coverage to low-income women‚ children‚ the
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE GLOBAL NURSING SHORTAGE AND ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO OVERCOME THE ISSUE IN AUSTRALIA INTRODUCTION Nurses form an integral part of the health work force of a nation. They are responsible in maintaining the health standards and the quality of health of the most valuable asset of the country‚ human resource. Hence‚ the shortage of nurses has posed serious threats to nations all over the world‚ especially the developed ones like Australia‚ USA‚ Canada etc. Addressing
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THE PROBLEM Introduction A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Some patients go to a hospital just for diagnosis‚ treatment‚ or therapy and then leave (’outpatients’) without staying overnight; while others are ’admitted’ and stay overnight or for several days or weeks or months (’inpatients’). Majority of our hospitals‚ one does not need to be a keen observer in assessing the conditions of these hospitals. Most of the time‚ wards are
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Irvin Morales Econ 201 Dr. Popp 10/25/12 Helium Shortage The second element on the periodic table; He‚ also known as helium‚ is a gaseous element that is located somewhere in the sun’s atmosphere and deep underground in some natural gasses (Helium 2012.) Helium can be refined and later stored in tanks to be sold to the market. But where exactly does the helium go after it has been refined? And in what state of matter does Helium sell at the most? It is unknown to many‚ but helium is actually
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the problem of water shortage in Australia. Water is the resource which is under increasing stress for most countries‚ especially for the developing countries. Australia is one of the experiencing typical water shortage countries. In Australia‚ in the recent years‚ water scarcity is a controversial and high-concerned issue since the global warming‚ land desertification‚ population growth‚ increasing use of hydropower and irrigation factors have intensified the water shortage phenomenon and affected
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Teacher Shortage Today teachers are not paid a lot and as a result there has been a shortage of teachers‚ especially good‚ qualified ones. Until teacher salaries are raised and teaching comes to be a desirable profession‚ teacher shortage is going to have a negative impact on both teachers and students. Teacher shortage is bad for students because it means an increased number of students in class. Teacher shortage is bad for teachers because larger class sizes mean more students to be responsible
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