Informative Essay: The Shortage Of Nurses

Nurse Shortage

Have you ever thought about where we put the elderly? Where do we put the old people? The question is we put them in nursing homes or hospitals, and who are the people that take care of them? Over the years the supply of nurses have decreased and we now don’t have enough nurses. This problem is called Nurse Shortage, when we have a nurse shortage more nurses work way more hours and not enough time relaxing and trying to be healthy. If nurses are working very long hours daily and never having a break then they are more likely going to end up making an accidental mistake, or even a life threatening mistake. Being a nurse is stressful and always results of lost of sleep, working long hours result in fatigue, injury, and dissatisfaction in the workplace. The numbers of elderly are increasing more and more every day by the people

They classes are more difficult than people realize, the serious of education you need to know to pass the class is extremely hard. But in my opinion if the class would slow down and give more lectures instead of more essays, less essays more talking about the subject and getting through the peoples head means more success rates. Essays are great once and awhile but all the time will make people seem stressed and don't want to continue on with their choice of work. Some of the nurses are getting the age that they are now starting to show signs of old age also. Approximately one third of the nursing workforce is over 50 years of age and the average age of full time nursing faculty is 49 years. The nurses are slow degrading also not helping with the shortage also, most nurses are retiring early or to the point that they can't go on with their work. Also some nurses are let go from there job because the hospitals or elder homes don't have the money to keep paying them making the jobs less helpful and less