Article Analysis: The Nursing Shortage Nursing shortages have occurred in health care throughout history, and especially since World War II. Just as the legion of baby boomers is about to swell the need for quality health care, America's nursing population is aging and more nurses are moving into primary care settings and into other disciplines. As a result, America's hospitals and other institutions need more nurses, especially those who deliver specialized care. As a healthcare provider and businessman this topic is of a special interest to me because nursing shortage have caused my business to loose million of dollars in the past five years. This paper examines the nursing shortage in the health care industry, the use of collaborative team approach in care delivery using a study that aims specifically to this problem and offer recommendations for employee retention. Many health care professionals are wondering why shortage transpired when managed care cost initiatives, implemented throughout the country, are dramatically decreasing the length of patient stays (Upenieks, 2003). In fact, such a situation should be resulting in a nursing oversupply. As the nursing shortage ensues, the need for recruiting and retaining highly skilled nurses committed to the organization will become necessary to maintain high-quality patient care. The recent national nurse shortage has resulted in higher nurse workloads; fewer support resources, greater nursing dissatisfaction, and burnout, making it more difficult to provide optimal patient care (Upenieks, 2003). The primary role of nursing is to provide the best possible care to patients. To attain this goal, nurses must work in collaboration with other members of the health care team. To improve efficiency, the health care environment must foster the development of collaborative relations among health care professionals. Trust, open communication, commitment, and shared goals must be present to support collaborative relations and effective teamwork. Health care organizations continue to place a greater demand on health care professionals while often working with limited resources. In a recent study focused on determining if there was a current or impending shortage of nurses in care settings throughout the United States, 81% of the 178 hospitals sampled indicated they have or are an... ... middle of paper ... ... qualified nurses diminishes. Based on this study, administrators should recruit nurses who understand that health care is at its best when health care professionals work collaboratively as members of a team, committed to providing the best possible patient care. References Aiken, L.H., Clarke, S.P, Sloane, D.M., Sochalski, J., & Silber, J.H. (2000). Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. JAMA, 288(16), 1987-1993. Buerhaus, P.I., Staiger, D.O., & Auerbach, D. (2000). Implications for an aging registered nurse workforce. JAMA, 283(22), 2948-2954. Borman, W., Hanson, M.A., & Hedge, J.W. (1997). Personnel selection. Annual Review of Psychology, 48(1), 299-337. Kramer, M., & Hafner, L. P. (1999). Shared values: Impact on staff nurse job satisfaction and perceived productivity. Nursing Research, 38(3), 172-177. Stapleton, S.R. (1998). Team building: Making collaborative practice Work. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery, 43(1), 12-18. Valda Upenieks, V.(2003). Recruitment and retention strategies: a magnet hospital prevention model. Retrieved February 9, 2005 from the world wide web: http://galenet.galegroup.com
Thesis: If one makes selfish choices in life, it can end in disastrous results, as shown in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet; And shown through the characters of Capulet, Tybalt and Juliet.
The prolonged shortage of skilled nursing personnel has been a serious concern to the healthcare industry, and this shortage has impacted the quality of care delivery. In addition, nursing turnover has also exacerbated the problem of nursing shortage. Nursing shortage has been blamed on many nurses retiring and less younger nurses joining the occupation. There is also an increase in life expectancy (baby boomers) leading an increase in both physical and mental ailment with subsequent demand in nursing care. Nurses are also leaving nursing profession because of inadequate staffing, tense work environment, negative press about the profession, and inflexible work schedules. Even though nursing is a promising career and offers job security, the
Although not all humans treat animals badly, we should still attempt to educate as many people as we could about animal cruelty. Animal cruelty does not only affect animals, it affects humans as well. Animals that are abused tend to be aggressive or traumatized and these animals can lash out at any human at any given time. This is a danger towards people, especially little children. Children should be educated from their early ages so that our next generation will treat animals kindly and stop animal cruelty. There are some people who care deeply about animals, and we all should aim to be like those people. These people set up animal shelter and rescue centers to give abandoned animals a home. I believe this is a fantastic thing to do because research shows that animals are much more happy and healthy when they have a proper home rather than being surrounded by so many other animals in the shelter. Animals should not be caged up because they need to be free. There is a viral video on the internet that shows an angora bunny being tortured by having its feathers plucked out one by one. This is one of the worst forms of animal cruelty. Have you ever heard of the dog ass Man’s Best
More than 48% of all animals are abused every year. “Each year, approximately 1.5 million shelter animals are euthanized 670,000 dogs and 860,000 cats”(Pet Statistics)
I will review the inadequacies and poorly enforced laws that are currently meant to protect animals from human cruelty. Neglect and intentional harm constitute the two types of animal cruelty, as categorized by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Both types of animal cruelty are present in zoos in the U.S. as well as in other countries around the world. Drug abuse, lameness, insufficient care and long road trips are all indications of animal cruelty, requiring better laws and enforcement in these zoos. We may not consider unintentional harm as cruelty and only notice intentional harm such as animal abuse, but unintentional harm can be just as bad. The development of rights for our animals should be an effective
Recently, the Animal Rescue Association had written a letter to contact the members of Congress to request Obama Administration to appoint an Animal Protection Act for changing the agenda of animal cruelty. We also hope that President Obama will give a voice for animal in the White House and commit to achieve the progress for animals through federal legislations. Moreover, the Animal Rescue Association will hold a meeting named “Taking Action for Animal” in South West Oklahoma on this December with the aim to protect animals from inhumane treatments as well as to call for invested capital and donation from many benefactors and
As the nursing profession moves forward, factors that support nursing education, research, and practice are critical in driving improvement in patient outcomes. This discussion board will explore how the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) contribute to nursing excellence. These two health care organizations use various avenues to impact the quality of nursing care by supporting education, practice, and research (Ohio University).
Animals are being abused and murdered all over the world. Animal cruelty is an extremely relevant and disgraceful problem that happens everyday and we do nothing to prevent it. Everyday more and more people start losing themselves and hunt on animals to “solve” their problems. These people believe that they are the dominance in the world. They believe that they are the most important living creatures on earth, and take leadership in believing that animals are made to serve the people. This myth is unethical and cruel, animals themselves have a heart and feelings. They each have their own dilemma going on and like humans, they are one of the most important factors to exist on earth.
In the Merriam-Webster online dictionary (2014), the word profession was defined as “a type of job that requires special education, training, or skill.” In our Fundamentals of Nursing textbook, the authors stated five criteria of a profession, and they said a profession “requires a basic liberal foundation and an extended education of its members; it has a theoretical body of knowledge leading to defined skills, abilities, and norms; it provides a specific service; members of a profession have autonomy in decision making and practice; and the profession as awhole has a code of ethics for practice” (Potter & Perry, 2013, p. 4). A person needs to have an extensive training , increased knowledge , be independent, be responsible and be accountable,
About 6.5 million companion animals enter U.S. animal shelters nationwide every year, 3.3 million are dogs and 3.2 million are cats. Animal cruelty is defined as inflicting pain or harm upon animals. Some people think that horse racing, dogfighting, and circuses cause animal to suffer in the name of entertainment. Other people believe there is nothing wrong with using animals for entertainment purposes as long as the animals are treated humanely. My opinion of animal abuse is my own opinion. It's not really for animals to get abused, they have feeling too.
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.”(Shaw) When we see an animal abuse commercial, we get sad for a little while, but then it leaves our minds. Just because people don’t see it everyday doesn’t mean that it isn’t prevalent in today’s society. There are many organizations that are fighting for animal abuse laws, but people don’t believe that they are necessary. Most animal cruelty laws have been introduced to legislatures, but have not been supported. Laws that protect animals from cruelty, prevent cruel actions from happening, and stricter punishments are vital to animals.
Animal abuse is so bad for animals. Many animals die each year because of animal abuse. Many animals have to be brought to a shelter, but some don’t always make it there. Animal abuse is when people treat animals, or an animal, with violence or cruelty. People don’t know how common or rare animal cruelty is, since it is never really reported. According to www.humanesociety.org, they say that the “Most abused animals are dogs, cats, horses and livestock. The most involved animal is dogs. Dogs take 70.1%, cats take 20.9%, and any other animals take 24.1%. Dogs are the most involved because they are the #1 animal to get abused. Each year, about 10,000 animals die each year due to animal cruelty”. Animal abuse is one of the most sickest and most
The film tells the story of Simba, a young lion cub who is the son of Mufasa, King of Pridelands. Simba’s Uncle Scar was jealous of him and his father because he was constantly being pushed down the pecking order of who was going to be the next king. That is, until Scar gets the idea to kill his brother and nephew.
Animal cruelty is a problem quickly growing in today’s world. Animals are being beaten, starved and killed everyday and so many helpless animals die each year because of heartless owners. There are a lot of types of animal cruelty some of the common forms are scientists doing experiments on dogs, or when people abuse and mistreat animals.
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