Nursing Shortage
Nursing Shortage
Nursing Shortage
Abstract
Healthcare industry in United States has always been passing with the issue of shortage of Healthcare professionals . Many of these positions are filled by professionals from different countries . Nursing shortage has been a huge concern since many years and expected to continue in coming years. In past years, country had been dependent on supply of nurses from several parts of the world but alarm had already rang and focuses are made to produce the required resources. In the following article we will discuss some key issues about the reasons of nursing shortage, some factors which could impact in scenario, some economic output of the issue, what policies were made in past and some solution for future are suggested to cope-up with this difficult situation .
Key words : Nurses, Shortage, Supplies, Healthcare, resources .
Overview
In healthcare industry nurses are an integral part. In any care providing organization like
Hospitals, Nursing facilities, assisted livings, senior care home etc . the caliber of nursing role is quite high. Appreciating the fact that nurses are most important professionals in patient’s care, the intensity of the issue of nursing shortage in care giving could be easily imagined . According to the report of Kaiser Family Foundation , 2010 , the estimated shortage of nurses was 6 percent in 2000 where the open nursing position were around 110,000, which rise up to 8.1% by 2008 and the calculated estimation gives us the number around 260,000 open positions by 2025 making the shortage count be as much as twice ( Cullen et al., 2010). So analyzing the numbers only conclusion could be made is that the demand is rocketing and the supplies are limited . Healthcare industry is having hard time to cope-up with this hitch . The western and south-western states are facing difficulties as they are not being able to manage specialized advanced practice nurses,
Nursing Shortage
Abstract
Healthcare industry in United States has always been passing with the issue of shortage of Healthcare professionals . Many of these positions are filled by professionals from different countries . Nursing shortage has been a huge concern since many years and expected to continue in coming years. In past years, country had been dependent on supply of nurses from several parts of the world but alarm had already rang and focuses are made to produce the required resources. In the following article we will discuss some key issues about the reasons of nursing shortage, some factors which could impact in scenario, some economic output of the issue, what policies were made in past and some solution for future are suggested to cope-up with this difficult situation .
Key words : Nurses, Shortage, Supplies, Healthcare, resources .
Overview
In healthcare industry nurses are an integral part. In any care providing organization like
Hospitals, Nursing facilities, assisted livings, senior care home etc . the caliber of nursing role is quite high. Appreciating the fact that nurses are most important professionals in patient’s care, the intensity of the issue of nursing shortage in care giving could be easily imagined . According to the report of Kaiser Family Foundation , 2010 , the estimated shortage of nurses was 6 percent in 2000 where the open nursing position were around 110,000, which rise up to 8.1% by 2008 and the calculated estimation gives us the number around 260,000 open positions by 2025 making the shortage count be as much as twice ( Cullen et al., 2010). So analyzing the numbers only conclusion could be made is that the demand is rocketing and the supplies are limited . Healthcare industry is having hard time to cope-up with this hitch . The western and south-western states are facing difficulties as they are not being able to manage specialized advanced practice nurses,
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