Healthcare Personnel Shortage Paper
Healthcare Personnel Shortage
Julienne Auguste
HCS/427 HR PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN HEALTH CARE
DEIDRA JOHNSON
February 20, 2011
The medical-surgical unit of ABC hospital is a 52 bed unit divided into three nursing stations. The unit provides care for medical/surgical adult and geriatric patients on various stages of recuperation from diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical interventions. Staffing levels are based on accurate calculation of the volume of patients occupying a bed. Lately the hospital has been experiencing a shortage in staffing of all positions; registered nurses, license practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, technical staff and orderlies. The problem has escalated to a critical level in recent …show more content…
The hospital has been forced to transfer some of their patients to other nearby hospitals and ambulatory care settings better equipped to handle the flow. These steps are implemented to avoid possible legal and regulatory issues that may arise should a tired and overworked employee drop the ball that negatively impacts a patient. Unless the well-defined plan is developed as soon as possible to stem this matter, the loss of revenue will continue which may result in the facility closing its doors for …show more content…
An outline with details of the strategic planning process clearly defined to include provisions geared toward increasing retention of current staff employees, provide hospital education and training for nursing personnel, as well as training for entry level employees, recruitment of qualified workers, create employment-based incentive packages, promote employee relation initiatives, and finally, to evaluate and measure outcomes.
The workforce developmental program will be funded through savings and cutbacks from the effort of all employees. The cost saving plan includes ideas to reduce current expenditures throughout the facility. These ideas include limiting unnecessary office supplies in the inventory, the taskforce also developed funding criteria for and application guidelines for the implementation of all facets of the plan.
Employee
Julienne Auguste
HCS/427 HR PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN HEALTH CARE
DEIDRA JOHNSON
February 20, 2011
The medical-surgical unit of ABC hospital is a 52 bed unit divided into three nursing stations. The unit provides care for medical/surgical adult and geriatric patients on various stages of recuperation from diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical interventions. Staffing levels are based on accurate calculation of the volume of patients occupying a bed. Lately the hospital has been experiencing a shortage in staffing of all positions; registered nurses, license practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, technical staff and orderlies. The problem has escalated to a critical level in recent …show more content…
The hospital has been forced to transfer some of their patients to other nearby hospitals and ambulatory care settings better equipped to handle the flow. These steps are implemented to avoid possible legal and regulatory issues that may arise should a tired and overworked employee drop the ball that negatively impacts a patient. Unless the well-defined plan is developed as soon as possible to stem this matter, the loss of revenue will continue which may result in the facility closing its doors for …show more content…
An outline with details of the strategic planning process clearly defined to include provisions geared toward increasing retention of current staff employees, provide hospital education and training for nursing personnel, as well as training for entry level employees, recruitment of qualified workers, create employment-based incentive packages, promote employee relation initiatives, and finally, to evaluate and measure outcomes.
The workforce developmental program will be funded through savings and cutbacks from the effort of all employees. The cost saving plan includes ideas to reduce current expenditures throughout the facility. These ideas include limiting unnecessary office supplies in the inventory, the taskforce also developed funding criteria for and application guidelines for the implementation of all facets of the plan.
Employee