The Use of Mandatory Overtime in Staffing Shortfalls: An Analysis of Policy Goals and Options Timothy J. Clark St. Joseph’s College of Maine July 25‚ 2012 Context In spite of legislative measures to attempt to correct it‚ the issue of nurses working mandatory overtime continues. The primary problem with mandatory overtime is that‚ as reported by Garret (2008)‚ it leads to increased potential for nursing errors or near misses due to fatigue‚ and to diminished quality of patient care even
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Mandatory Overtime Many hospitals are understaffed and make their nurses work overtime. Employers try to save money by having their employees work overtime rather than hiring more people. However‚ having nurses work overtime is an ethical issue. It affects the lives of the patients and the nurses. Mandatory Overtime as an Ethical Issue Mandatory overtime is important in nursing because it affects the care we are giving to our clients. In recent studies it has shown that long work hours can lead
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makes 4.69 billion dollars per year! Although mandatory military service may be required in some countries‚ that does not mean we have to. Requiring national service could cause more casualties. Having this mandatory military service will take away money: from keeping our parks clean‚ having our trash picked up every Monday‚having monuments in Washington D.C.‚ having the importance of remembering what our history is. Military service should not be mandatory for everyone because National service does
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Sometimes mandatory minimum sentences are the consequences of good intentions‚ but good intentions do not always make beneficial policy in society. One of the famous senior associate justice of the supreme court of the United have said the truth of federal mandatory sentencing‚ in which I used this quotation to relate to the topic that I’m about to discuss. “The Federal sentencing guidelines should be revised downward. By contrast to the guidelines‚ I can accept neither the necessity nor the wisdom
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health and environmental concerns have been raised (Raab and Grobe‚ 2003). * Mandatory labeling will allow consumers to identify and steer clear of food products that cause them problems. * Surveys indicate that a majority of Americans support mandatory labeling. (However‚ such surveys often do not specify the effect on food prices.) * least 21 countries and the European Union have established some form of mandatory labeling * * For religious or ethical reasons‚ many Americans want
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Discrimination and Mandatory Retirement - Joyce Cook The mandatory retirement age controversy should be re-examined and redefined further. Baby boomers are very different from their predecessors; they are living longer‚ maintain lifestyles that are more active and are generally better able to continue working than in the past. The real challenge is the reality of how the insufficient number of young people will fill the vacancies left by the aging workforce. Mandatory retirement may be
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Welfare is government aid intended to help people and families with little to no income‚ this includes people that work and make very little money. Welfare was created mainly for families with children‚ the elderly and disabled people. Welfare can include cash assistance (TANIF)‚ food stamps‚ section 8 housing‚ childcare assistance and Medicaid. In some states‚ welfare can take the form of vouchers‚ credits‚ or grants as well. There are certain eligibility requirements for welfare in the United States
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Argument against mandatory minimum drug sentencing There are many different argument both for and against mandatory minimum drug sentencing. However there are more arguments against mandatory minimum drug sentencing then there are for the support of the mandatory sentencing. One of the biggest arguments against mandatory minimum drug sentencing is that it was originally intended to target the higher level drug dealers but the majority of the cases have only been low level drug dealers. One
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Chairman‚ Ladies and Gentlemen Today’s motion is school students should face a mandatory drug testing session. That is‚ students have to be drug tested. I support the motion because such scheme protects both students and the whole society. I will put forward 2 strong reasons today about the advantages of this mandatory scheme. Firstly‚ it serves as a strong deterrent. Drug abuse remains a serious problem in schools. Many anti-drugs campaigns implemented by the government were ineffective
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question that emerges in every student mind at some point in his or her college career‚ that question is ‘go to class‚ or lose points?’” There are college and university professors that are either starting to or have been making the class attendance mandatory for the benefit of the students and himself or herself. This decision has materialized because of the increasing number of drop-outs and failing students‚ just because they rarely attend classes. Even most faculty members‚ who do not require attendance
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