deepening social crisis: the shortage of skilled workers. You may have heard the topic raised on some morning show or another‚ but likely thought little of it. However‚ the figures are quite shocking. According to one author’s research‚ “52 percent of skilled trades are expected to retire within the next 15 years‚ with 41 per cent of respondents indicating they will face a skills shortage in their industry within five years.” (Arnold‚ par. 12). The shortage of skilled workers in the
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My Personal Nursing Philosophy According to the American Nurses Association‚ nursing is defined as “protection‚ promotion‚ 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‚ 2004‚ p. 7). However there is much more to nursing‚ as a whole and throughout this paper I will be discussing my own personal
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Higher labor expense In an economy that is experiencing a labor shortage due to the rapid growth and labor import restriction‚ the existing workforce tends to be in a position where they can be selective in their choices for employment because there is an abundance of job vacancies. To compete for labor in these situations‚ companies strive to focus on job attractiveness by increasing salary in order to retain and attract more people. Several large hotel companies announced increases in salaries
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Shortage of water in Pakistan As we all know‚ Pakistan is facing severe shortage of water. There are two main reasons‚ one due to persistent droughts---which is beyond the control of a man‚ and the other due to miss-management of water resources. Impact on economy / society * Less water means less agricultural yields‚ meaning they cannot fulfill the food requirements of the nation‚ so they need to be dependent on other countries. * Due to less production of main crops‚ which are wheat‚
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Water Shortage Currently California is facing a water shortage. The issue has been addressed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in February. He called for all state agencies to find the way to help in the statewide water shortage. This is California’s third consecutive year of drought and last spring and summer was the worst of the season because it had the lowest amount of water recorded and California’s reservoirs were at their lowest point as well which did not help in the water shortage. Many
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Subject: Need for additional staff Unfortunately I must address the issue in staff shortage during the night shift. As a nurse manager on the night shift‚ I am concerned about the ineffectiveness of the staff due to the need for additional staffing. We currently have a total of 10 staff on the night shift‚ when in reality‚ we need about twice as many. In order to ensure great customer satisfaction and superior effectiveness at our workplace‚ I believe it is crucial that we address this issue and
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The Image and Voice of Nursing May 19‚2012 Introduction One of the most diverse and powerful profession is nursing. Although it is a powerful profession the image of nursing does not reflect this. The importance of nursing is shaped by the images people see as patients‚ family members‚ members of a community and in the media. Over time there have been many images of nursing from angels to sexual cartoons. There have been many nurses who have had a voice
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Essentially‚ the term abuse is an issue facing the nursing profession today. Many unreported cases of encountered verbal and physical abuse have been found to be ample in acute and complex care settings. These cases are amongst professional individuals (nurse-nurse and nurse-physician abuse) and also among the patient abusing the nurses. Effectively‚ abuse is not only a Canadian issue. It has been reported internationally as well. Thus‚ many nurses today are lobbying for the decrease of abuse within
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Nursing Informatics: Module 2 Introduction The focus of this module is a continuum focus on the nursing informatics role or roles in a healthcare setting‚ what are the differences in competencies or skill set of nurses and how all this is continually evolving in the healthcare world today. Over the next four chapters it takes a look at how important it is to identify interrelationships with nursing informatics structures
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include all other personnel working within the private medical sector or other personnel working behind the scenes; where all managerial and logistical decisions are being made. This task of maintaining the current standard is hard‚ especially at the nursing level. With a country that has a young history‚ young education system‚ and young population with more than 50 percent of its citizens under the age of 18 years old. With these facts‚ having enough nurses seems to be an impossible task to be achieved
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