physical and psychological challenges entailed in nursing exhaust aging nurses who will soon reach their retiring age. As the nation realizes the diminishing supply of nurses‚ it is important to understand the value of nurses from its history‚ the future role of nurses in affecting the quality of patient care‚ and the influential role of leaders in ensuring the safe practice of nurses during the shortages. Nursing Shortages: History The nursing
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With nearly 10 percent of the American labor force unemployed and another 7 percent so discouraged by their job prospects that they have either dropped out of the labor force altogether or are working at parttime jobs when they would prefer full-time employment‚ it may come as something of a surprise that within less than a decade‚ the United States may face exactly the opposite problem – not enough workers to fill expected job openings. This remarkable turn of events is likely to occur as
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Water Shortage Water shortage problem is when humans or living creatures suffer from a scarcity of water another definition for water shortage is either the lack of enough water or lack of access to safe water and it happens because of the dreadful use of water and polluting rivers‚ oceans and lakes. Water is the reason for our existence; Water everywhere on the planet is a basic part of the global hydrologic cycle‚ it ’s a finite resource. The amount of water supply in the global hydrologic
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this happens the poorer countries would be affected the most because of their inability to fund to create factories which would make drinkable water from the sea. This can lead to drought and mass deaths because of the rising costs of water. This shortage of water is also due to global warming‚ as the earth is warming up every year‚ more and more fresh water is being evaporated into the atmosphere both from lakes‚ river‚ and glaciers and from snow and ice. An example is the Colorado River basin which
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The nursing shortage in the United States is much worse than previous shortages. Combining an aging population and fewer nursing students in school is a catalyst for nurse burn-out in hospitals that are already short staffed. The United States is hiring more and more foreign trained nurses. These nurses are filling many vacancies‚ many in less attractive areas and there is a marked difference in their educational level compared to their American counterparts. Both of these traits are impressive in
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household‚ industrial‚ agricultural‚ and environmental needs.[2] Water scarcity involves water stress‚ water shortage or deficits‚ and water crisis. While the concept of water stress is relatively new‚ it is the difficulty of obtaining sources of fresh water for use during a period of time and results in further depletion and deterioration of available water resources.[3] Water shortages may be caused by climate change‚ such as altered weather patterns including droughts or floods‚ increased pollution
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The business model acquired by the hospitals has led to the fragmentation of health care. The shrinking budgets of hospitals and a profit motive preceded to reduction of the number of nurses employed by direct lay-offs‚ converted many jobs to part time and adopted policies to reduce costs. So‚ as the demand for nurses has not changed‚ patient acuity has increased resulting in greater work place demand‚ paperwork‚ turnover‚ overtime and burnout (Reineck and Furino‚ 2005); The increasing exhaustion
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piece of advice but it should be given not only to the guests of the five star hotels but also to the entire citizenry of Pakistan. Pakistan is rapidly moving to the situation when it will begin to be ranked among the countries that have severe shortages of fresh water. Wise use of this precious resource is one way of dealing with this crisis. Man is a pre-eminently an animal good at gadgets. Man uses water much in the same way as other animals; he has to drink it constantly‚ washes in it frequently
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The organ shortage: To market‚ or not to market? Organ transplantation is a term that most people are familiar with. When a person develops the need for a new organ either due to an accident or disease‚ they receive a transplant‚ right? No‚ that ’s not always right. When a person needs a new organ‚ they usually face a long term struggle that they may never see the end of‚ at least while they are alive. The demand for transplant organs is a challenging problem that many people are working to
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Food Shortage. Lester Brown addresses this issue on chapter nine of his book Plan B. He tries to explain what can be done to sufficiently feed a world with a population of 8 billion persons. He gives an example of China’s way of increasing its food production and how in just about a decade‚ china was able to have enough food to feed hundreds of millions of people who were starving. China became self-sufficient in food production and in 2005 was able to manage its hungry population and she not
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