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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Physician & Nursing Shortages Impacts they have because the Affordable Care Act and Reform Marquitha Howell 9/28/2013 Healthcare reforms including Obama Care‚ formally named the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act greatly impacts physicians and nursing shortages. There are several provisions which could direct impact physicians and nurses through incentives for potential recruitment‚ grants‚ training and retention. Through potential initiatives‚ the act may indirect
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Causes That Attribute to the Nursing Shortage Sheina Serrano Felician University Causes That Attribute to the Nursing Shortage Nursing is a wonderful and reward filling profession to embark on. Nursing programs are becoming more intense and may require a higher degree of education to work in specialty fields. In spite of having many nursing and certification programs available‚ whether on campus or online‚ along with many graduates’ yearly‚ we still have a deficit in this profession
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and differences in epidemiology and approaches to treatment as compared to adults. Nurse staffing is a focus of major concern because of the impact of staffing patterns on patient safety and quality of care. The advent of managed care‚ shortened hospital stays‚ and public reporting of quality measures demand that healthcare organizations objectively define and assess the quality of care delivered to children and families. Registered Nurses are the primary caregivers within the healthcare setting
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Canada is facing a critical shortage of nurses. Nurses are one of the most important components of the health care‚ they see to a moment to moment care of patients after the doctor has done their services. There have been many causes to nursing shortage in Canada. One of the major causes was the issue that happened in the 1990’s. In 1993 Ralph Klein decided to layoff tens of thousands of nurses‚ causing an aftermath of a Canada wide nursing shortage. The nursing shortage has become a concern to Canadians
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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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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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Cause and Effects of the Nursing Shortage Abstract The nursing shortage is a growing concern for the nation. The aging population is causing more demand for qualified healthcare professionals. At the same time‚ healthcare professionals are retiring faster than they can be replaced. This shortage of nursing professionals is causing more overtime work‚ which creates more nursing errors. Scholarships and grants are being awarded to students to try and generate more nursing professionals. Many
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Workforce Issues in Nursing Workforce Issues in Nursing The article is titled “The Myth of the Nursing Shortage” and it tells about the experience of a graduate nurse and her difficulty finding a job. This is why it refers to the nursing shortage as being a “myth”. It also mentions the difficulty LPN’s and ADN’s are having finding jobs in middle of a severe shortage that is supposed to get worse. The purpose of this paper is to address issues of the nursing shortage and hiring practices
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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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