American Sentinel University Staffing Shortage Nursing is a profession that is in demand however we have a current shortage that will increase over the coming years. Mittelman (2010) reports that we will have a short fall of at least one million nurses by the year 2020. The implications of this shortage are widespread. Consequently much attention about the nursing shortage (beside to administrative leaders) has captured the attention of health organizations
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Canyon University NRS-430V Professional Dynamics Nursing is a complex, stressful, yet a very rewarding honest profession. In fact, in the December 2014 Gallup poll of Honesty/Ethics in Professions, nurses rated #1 as the most honest and ethical professionals. There are multiple pathways to follow to become a nurse. The two main pathways is by acquiring an associate degree (ADN) or a baccalaureate degree (BSN) in Nursing. But regardless of what nursing degree you have, to become a registered nurse you
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Future of Nursing Report Nursing comprise the largest group of health care workforce in the United States (US), with more than 3 million members (Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2010). Nurses can play an important role in helping to fulfill the goals set by the Affordable Care Act in 2010 (IOM, 2010). However, many obstacles are blocking nurses to advance change in the health care settings. These obstacles need to be lifted for nurses to better position themselves to advance health and lead change
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Lindsey Rask July 30th, 2011 Job satisfaction within acute, community and public health nursing is imperative to the health care system as it directly affects the entire organization. In most health care settings, nurses hold the majority of positions, and replacement of an licensed personnel can be costly, time consuming, and difficult due to staff shortages. These factors are leading to a decrease in job satisfaction, as they are a major cause of burnout rates within the
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Relationship between Nursing Leadership and Nurse Turnover Fred James August 21, 2011 Relationship between Nursing Leadership and Nurse Turnover Nursing leadership sets the social climate of an institution. The relationship between nursing leadership and nursing retention will be discussed utilizing a relevant article. The findings will be illuminated upon and ideas will be brought forth to the governance body to support strong nurse leadership. There is a direct correlation
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Qualitative Summary Introduction to Nursing Research Grand Canyon University Nurse to Patient Ratio 2 Abstract The healthcare industry stands in the face of many changes, one of which is the forecasted shortages of registered nurses in acute care settings. Unless action is taken and resolutions are not put in place evidence shows that this problem will only worsen in the coming years. Left unaddressed this shortage deprives the acute care patient of
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My Thoughts Advocating for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios is an easy choice because it saves lives. The nursing profession is founded on caring for others, providing and promoting the health, safety, and well-being of those in need and the best way to do that is with safe nurse-to-patient staffing. This mandate is a win-win for patients, staff, and facility. Patients get best care, staff has job satisfaction, and facility gets decrease costs from benefits that better health care and staff satisfaction
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Nursing is a dynamic profession and life long learning is essential for nurses to stay current with the increased complexity of the healthcare needs of today and into the future.In other words, the needs of our patients are changing, as we must change in order to be prepared to better serve that need. Nursing has a long history of formal education which moved out of hospitals and into colleges and universities early last century. The associate degree level of nursing was developed out of a need
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In order to make Middlefield hospital outstanding place to work there must be something’s we need to work on which is the shortage of nurses and to improve the employee morale. These two factors must be improved in order to keep Middlefield hospital open and running and also to make the patient happy. There were some reviews on how people with the company feel. Dr. Rusty Gates which is a internist which moved his practice to a new hospital. Dr. Gates stated that the new hospital staff appear to
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Emerging Trends in Nursing There are many trends emerging today that will have an impact on our future. No one knows exactly what the future will bring, we as humans are only capable of making predictions. One of the most prominent areas seen affected by emerging trends in the past and present is the healthcare field. Various aspects of healthcare will continue to grow and shape our future including: the nursing workforce, innovative medical technology, etc. As healthcare needs continue rise
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