Nursing Drug Shortages Kristen Lawton Nursing 531 March 18 2013 Annette Margaret Nursing Drug Shortages Drug shortages have become a hardship for hospitals and pharmacies across the country. This hardship has been felt especially by nursing personnel who have voiced their concerns regarding patient safety and medication management. “One factor contributing to patient safety concerns arises when a substitute drug must be used in place of the customary product and requires dosage strength or
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Safe Staffing Position Statement. This document outlined recommendations for safe and effective nursing care for children and their families. The position statement was recently updated and is intended to serve as the framework to assist organizations providing care to children in the implementation of evidenced based staffing plans to promote high-quality care. It is imperative that schools of nursing‚ healthcare institutions and pediatric nurses utilize this document as a resource to ensure that
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Nursing Shortage: Is Technology the Answer? Sandi Coufal University of Phoenix Influencing the Future of Nursing and Healthcare NUR/531 Catherine M. Hill MSN‚ RN March 28‚ 2008 Nursing Shortage: Is Technology the Answer? Nursing has always been synonymous with caring. Dr. Jean Watson describes caring as the center of all nursing practices and that it is “a moral ideal rather than a task-oriented behavior” (Tomey & Alligood‚ 2006‚ p. 94). At this time in history‚ there is a nursing
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Employment Trends: Nursing Shortages Introduction The United States is in the midst of a nursing shortage that is expected to intensify as baby boomers age and the need for health care grows. Compounding the problem is the fact that nursing colleges and universities across the country are struggling to expand enrollment levels to meet the rising demand for nursing care. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is concerned about the shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) and is working
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Scarce Resources: The Nursing Shortage September 24‚ 2012 Scarce Resources: The Nursing Shortage It is a widely known fact that the United States is facing a critical shortage of Registered Nurses (RN’s)‚ and that over the next several years the need for nurses is going to increase significantly due to the ageing baby boomer generation. It is expected that by 2020 the United States will face a shortage of over one million nurses (Buerhaus‚ Auerback‚ & Staiger‚ 2009) and this fact has drawn
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are numerous reasons for the nursing shortage nationwide. Perhaps one of the most influential reasons is related to the scarcity of resources that include nursing faculty. A decreased nursing force can be directly correlated with the declining number of nursing faculty available. Multiple factors including lack of interest in becoming nursing faculty‚ lack of funding‚ noncompetitive salaries‚ aging faculty‚ and global migration of nurses affect the nursing faculty shortage. If left unsolved‚ the issue
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Nursing Shortage Impact on Healthcare Tracey Simmons Aquinas College Department of Nursing; RN-to-BSN Program November 13‚ 2012 Nursing Shortage Impact on Healthcare Dating back to the 1940s‚ the healthcare industry has realized that there is a need for more nurses. The increased demand for nurses was mainly driven by the casualties of World War II (Mahaffey‚ 2002). The question of how to address the nursing shortage back then was answered a decade later with the Associates Degree in Nursing
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Nursing Shortages are Critical in the Healthcare Field Sharoder Bonhomme American Public University System Abstract The nursing shortage is nothing new to the United States of America. In this issue analysis essay‚ the causes that are compounding the nursing shortage are examined as well as the actions taken to prevent the shortage from becoming worse. Past nursing shortage causes and the current causes are studied. Most importantly‚ patient safety is at risk resulting in medical errors
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important in nursing because through leadership the various elements of nursing practice are implemented to ensure the best quality of care
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having a nurse come into look after you‚ after you have had surgery. No one to check your vitals‚ give you replacements on your IV‚ no one to ask you how you are feeling‚ and no one to come in on time to give you your medications. The nationwide nursing shortages are increasing and creating not only a problem for the health care system but also for patients and their well being. Nurses are an ideal part of the healthcare system providing serious care to clients ranging in all age groups. Nurses assist
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