PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Health Research Institute What works* Healing the healthcare staffing shortage *connectedthinking Table of contents 01 02 03 04 Executive summary l Key findings l Future Forces l Recommendations l About the research 05 Background: Business policy issues around the supply of nurses and physicians 11 The challenges of inadequate supply 20 Overcoming the disconnect 22 23 25 27 31 Strategies for developing a workforce
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Law of Equi Marginal Utility According to this‚ a consumer is in equilibrium when he distributes his given money income among various goods in such a way that marginal utility derived from the last rupee spent on each good is the same. Assumptions The main assumptions of the law of equi-marginal utility are as under: (1) Independent utilities. The marginal utilities of different commodities are independent of each other and diminishes with more and more purchases. (2) Constant marginal
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The risks of water shortages are growing‚ and‚ as they do‚ so does the potential for conflict. When patterns of economic development on either side of a political border are uneven‚ the potential for ‘water wars’ becomes a growing concern. One rising soured of conflict is due to water availability from the Colorado River. For example‚ the Colorado may cause potential conflict between Mexico and the US in future years. 90% of water is extracted before it reaches Mexico due to its heavy usage; as
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Strategies and recommendations to Overcome workforce shortages And Improve Employee Morale. MIDDLEFIELD HOSPITAL MARCH‚ 2011 Prepared for: Board of Directors‚ Middlefield Hospital Prepared By: Deepthi Tandra (CEO)‚ Middlefield Hospital This report details strategies and recommendations to overcome the workforce shortages and improvement of employee morale of Middlefield Hospital. The Middlefield Hospital is a 50-bed tertiary care facility and has
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Pellucid Marginal Degeneration is a rare corneal ectatic disorder(PMC). This bilateral‚ non-hereditary ‚ idiopathic disorder is characterized by irregular astigmatism(Collagen cross-linking in the treatment of pellucid marginal degeneration)and thinning of the peripheral cornea in absence of inflammation‚ often affecting the inferior quadrant in a crescentic fashion. The disorder includes an area of corneal protrusion above the point of maximal thinning. This is the hallmark of the disorder and is
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older adults and the enactment of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) both contribute to the recognition that there will be a shortage of physicians (Mann‚ 2011‚ p. 1). The Association of American Medical Colleges projected in 2010 that there will be a shortage of 63‚000 physicians by the year 2015. This number is expected to increase to 95‚100 by 2020 and 130‚600 by 2025. These shortages encompass primary care physicians as well as specialists. There will be an increase in the need for nurses in the coming
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definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association. How does it address the metaparadigm theories of nursing? The ANA defines nursing as “the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations” (American Nurses Association website‚ n.d.). The 4 metaparadigms of nursing are person
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Nursing knowledge is a very complex. It is what define nursing as a profession. Knowledge is the central issue to professional accountability. With major advances in healthcare and technologies in the recent years‚ nurses required a significant amount of new knowledge to deliver precise and appropriate care for patients in different healthcare settings. Oftentimes‚ hidden in our practice are sources of nursing knowledge. How it is acquired or where it originates from‚ should be evaluated (Hall‚ 2005)
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Informative Speech: Drug Shortages in Hospitals Paul Davis‚ the chief of an ambulance squad in Vernon‚ Ohio‚ was down to his last vial of morphine early September when a woman with a broken leg needed to get to the hospital. The ride was 30 minutes‚ and she was in obvious pain. But because of a recent countrywide shortage of drugs‚ his morphine supply had quickly dropped from four to one‚ leaving him with a dilemma. Should he treat the woman now or should he save it for a patient who might need
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Upon reading the article “The Principal files: Principal Shortage- Why doesn’t anybody want the job?” made for a very interesting read and concerns still arise as to whether the principalship is the career path for me. Throughout the principalship course‚ we had the opportunity to meet three retired principals—which includes the professor. There was a common shared sentiment among them all and that was that being a principal is a highly stressful job. However‚ the amount of stress and how they
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