understandable terms‚ afforded social interaction‚ and time during consultation and provided psychological and non-technical information (Tucker‚ 2002). If communication is good‚ which includes information from the service provider to the patient on the type of care he or she will receive‚ uncertainty is alleviated that will increase the patient’s awareness and sensitivity of what to expect‚ then patient satisfaction is higher (Andaleeb‚ 1988). Dissatisfied patients cost a healthcare system in three ways: first
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The impact of nursing of nursing shortage on the provision of quality healthcare and patient safety was discussed in this paper. The negative impact of nursing shortage on the quality of care and patient safety is that when nurses are few‚ patient safety is threatened and health care quality is diminished. This can incur high cost to hospitals. Nurses who have heavy workload are more likely to experience burnout and intend to leave their job within the next year causing high turnover rate. When nurses
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nursing shortage impacts the world in a prodigious way. The nursing shortage has an adverse impact on patient care‚ as well as on nurses. The causes of the nursing shortage are multi-faceted and there is no single measure that influences the declining issues. The most concerning issue of the nursing shortage is the decline in patient care‚ and positive outcome (Buchan‚ 2010). The research question in this study is the following: How does the nursing shortage affect quality of patient care‚ work
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uncompensated care continues to rise‚ growing 82 percent from 2000 to 2010. 2- The health care system also will be facing a shortage of physicians‚ especially as coverage expands under the ACA. By 2025 there is expected to be a shortage of more than 130‚000 specialist and generalist physicians. The below chart shows the projected employment growth by occupation in thousands‚ 2010 – 2020 3- hospitals will be competing with many other healthcare venues for workers such as home health agencies 4-
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Unit 13 –Dementia Awareness 1) 1.1. Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia is a set of symptoms that affect the way people think and interact with each other. It is not a disease‚ but can often be linked to a disease or damage done to the brain. Short-time memory‚ mind‚ speech and motor skills are affected. Certain forms of dementia cause a change in the personality of the individual. A person suffering from dementia will lose certain skills and knowledge they already had. This
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Water Shortages Water has been one of our natural resources that we have used throughout time in many different ways. We have developed ways to make it more available and use it to create energy. However‚ because we have made it more available‚ we have developed issues that waste our good clean water‚ take old pipes that have been used to transport water across cities for example. Because they are so old‚ they tend to waste about 7 billion gallons of water every day (CQ Report‚ 2010‚ p.531). And
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Health care access refers to the means by which people obtain health care services (services concerning the identification & treatment of disease‚ as well as the advocacy & conservation of health). There are 3 steps which must be met in order to achieve reasonable health care access: 1. Earn entry into the health care system 2. Gain access to sites of care wherein patients can obtain the services they require 3. Locate providers who are capable of meeting the requirements of patients. Discrepancies
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it is in a poor location where the population is small‚ services may not be in high demand. It is very important that the stakeholders continuously assess the changing values‚ attitudes‚ and demographic characteristic to continue providing optimal care. Depending on the nature and direction of the local economy‚ wage rates‚ disposable income‚ unemployment and transportation can all have an economic influence on the development of the clinic. (Barnat‚ 1998) What would be a good mission statement
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Medicare to add benefits to the plan that in the past was not a covered service and influence the private insurance companies to add benefits that were not covered. For example‚ the ACA provides: • Free preventative care • Protects individuals from life time caps • Provides continuity of care • Protects individuals from being disqualified from the insurance company’s services for preexisting disease or condition • Forces healthcare providers to work together to provide quality healthcare services ACA
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and Shortage of Nurses in Health Care The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The
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