Nursing Shortage: A Case Study

Any health care system can always improve whether in the form of hospice care or prenatal care, there is always room for improvements to be made. The first area of improvement that has got to be mentioned it the nursing shortage. In many health care systems there is a nursing shortage. Nurses often become overworked and underappreciated. When someone in any profession is overworked, accidents can happen, but within the nursing profession these overworked accidents can have detrimental consequences. With many shifts short-staffed, nursing managers face the dilemma of either overworking staff or having not enough nurses during a shift to care for patients. Turns out on average, nurses work an extra eight and a half weeks of overtime per year.
With this in mind, we should be doing something that will help our nurses in the long run. Nurses should be given proper on the job training as well as continuing education that keeps them up to date on the latest ideas, technology tips, interventions, and new diseases that are arising. This training should also include showing staff that it is okay to use the buddy system when using lifts and that it is okay to say they have had enough and it is time to back off before someone gets hurt on accident. No nurse should be pushed so hard mistakes
Health care providers have succeeded in making certain tasks easier and more convenient for patients. Patients can pay bills online, they get appointment reminders by email or text, as well as access their medical records from a computer, tablet, or cell phone. But recently the health care field has chosen to turn more towards how many patients can they crank out over how valuable the patient feels towards their doctor and how well the doctor connects to the patient. Health care systems are losing touch with their patients and in turn patients are going elsewhere to receive better patient-provider quality care. Patients want providers to act and show that they actually care about their health issue or problem. Patients also want doctors and their practices to get to know them personally. Coming to the doctor is not easy for everyone and a patient feeling like they are cared about could increase the likelihood of the patient coming into the doctor’s office when they have a medical