Nursing Drug Shortages Kristen Lawton Nursing 531 March 18 2013 Annette Margaret Nursing Drug Shortages Drug shortages have become a hardship for hospitals and pharmacies across the country. This hardship has been felt especially by nursing personnel who have voiced their concerns regarding patient safety and medication management. “One factor contributing to patient safety concerns arises when a substitute drug must be used in place of the customary product and requires dosage strength or
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How to Deal With Racism Beliefs or attitudes about people based on outward differences are known as racism. Most racism attacks people of a specific skin color or ethnic group. The prevalence of racism leads to discrimination and sometimes violence. When racism results in hate crimes in a community‚ it tears the community apart. Some forms of racism are obvious; more are hidden • Speak up when you hear racist slurs or jokes. People often ignore jokes because they don’t know why to say. However
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examinations on my brothers and I. Once he finished he began talking to our mother about my weight and how I needed to lose some pounds. He expressed concerns about me becoming obese by the time I was a teenager. I remember looking at my mother’s face and how shocked she was to hear him say that. Then she scolded me about not eating candy and fatty foods. I felt horrible‚ embarrassed‚ and ashamed of how I looked. My brothers whom are younger than I thought it was funny. As soon as we got home they
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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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supporting nursing home staff. This could range from ensuring they have adequate nurses to cover the number of residents‚ to encouraging new nursing graduates to join nursing homes to help ease the workload so that nurses have time to interact with residents‚ or other options. The benefit to such a program is that residents will be more likely to get the socialization they need and be less likely to be lonely‚ plus they would be developing relationships with the nurses who care for them and not just
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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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Research paper On A critical analysis of staff motivation and its outcome at local retail store: a case study of Tesco Submitted By Student Name: Student No/ID: Total words: 9000 aprx Section 1: Introduction and Background 1.1. Introduction of the study: Job satisfaction‚ employee turnover and other different factors are very much important to the present business organisation as it has a great influence on its strategic management
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Northrop (1996) discussed in the article “Stress‚ Social Support‚ and Burnout in Nursing Home Staff” how staff burnout presented a danger to the mental and physical well being of the human-service workers. Human service workers being burnout often weakened the quality and competence of the care that they could provide; thus representing a threat
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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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NURSING STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF WORKING WITH STAFF NURSES by Sharon Holly Jones A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Nursing in Nursing MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY Bozeman‚ Montana April 2010 ©COPYRIGHT by Sharon Holly Jones 2010 All Rights Reserved ii APPROVAL of a thesis submitted by Sharon Holly Jones This thesis has been read by each member of the thesis committee and has been found to be satisfactory regarding content
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