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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This month we look at the STEM job shortage. The proponents of STEM say that we have an acute shortage of STEM graduates. But is that true? One indicator is employment numbers. Let’s take 2012. In that year we had twice as many people with STEM degrees (immigrants and native born) than STEM jobs available. 5.3 million STEM jobs vs. 12.1 million people with STEM degrees. With less than half of the immigrants with STEM degrees were working in STEM jobs. Wages are good measure of labor demand. If STEM
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in the United States‚ there has been a major water shortage due to the lack of rainfall. It is mainly in California and other Western states. According to the U.S. Geological Survey‚ “In 119 years of recorded history‚ 2013 was the dries calendar year for the state of California.” California’s snowpack usually provides about one-third of the water used in Californian farms and cities. In January 2014‚ it measured in at 12%. The water shortage has had many effects of people‚ farming‚ and the economy
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Difficult situations were faced in my facility three months ago where staffing shortage force nurses for weeks work on the floor in technician position with increased patient ratios per nurse and left patient care undone. Some technicians approach vacation time other staff members decide canceled they are working days early in the morning or fail to report‚ placing facility and staff nurses in hard situations. It created stressful environment and conflict among colleagues. We start noted that during
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and Shortage of Nurses in Health Care The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The
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Australia The film is about a boy called Nullah‚ and a lady called Sarah Ashley. It start with Lady Sarah Ashley are taking to Australia‚ for selling her husband’s station Faraway Downs. But Sarah’s husbands Maitland are being killed by a spear. Sarah come to Darwin‚ where she should meet Drover‚ he is mastering and drives cattle. He drives Sarah to Faraway Downs in Northern Territory. On the way are they meeting Kimberly Flynn‚ the account on Faraway Downs. At the first night at Faraway Downs
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The Rupee shortage has emerged as a major issue due to the recent increase in demand for Indian Rupees to meet transactions related to trade in goods‚ services and capital and financial transactions. This is not surprising since Bhutan imports most of what it consumes from India‚ including construction workers. There is also a huge outflow of Rupees annually on education‚ health‚ pilgrimage and other travel related expenses as well as remittances out of the country. To meet the increasing demand
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today is the shortage of nurses‚ especially nursing faculty. The shortage of nursing faculty directly affects the nursing shortage: educational programs are needed to produce more nurses‚ but lack of nursing faculty results in less students enrolling and graduating (Cowen & Moorehead‚ 2011). This global issue is serious and can impact healthcare for everyone since nurses make up a great volume of the healthcare workforce. Influencing Factors Various factors contribute to the shortage of nursing faculty
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increasing exhaustion and burnout increased nurses’ frustration‚ which led many nurses to exit the profession. The problem of shortage of nurses is not only confined to Canada but also is global. World Health Organization (2006) estimates that the global shortage of health
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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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