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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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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of realistic people? In a survey of nurses one out of five plan on quitting in the next year‚ and over forty percent didn’t like their jobs. As an aspiring nurse this is of great concern. There are a handful of reasons that I decided to enter the nursing field. Helping people is a great‚ personal satisfaction. Flipping burgers might pay the bills‚ but it gives you no sense of purpose. The pay is pretty good. However‚ the more I learn about the job‚ the more I realize the pay doesn’t nearly match the
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Nursing Care Model Nurses are the first line of defense in patient’s care and are essential in the healthcare system. They are not only delivering care to the patients‚ but they also teaching‚ advocating for their patients‚ and providing comfort and support for the patients and their families. The way the nurses deliver the care to the patients is guided by the nursing care model that is used in the facility. According to Finkelman (2016)‚ “nursing practice models have been used to implement recourse-intensive
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IOM Future of Nursing Nurses are in an ideal position to propagate changing within the health care workforce‚ with three millions nurses to effectuate change‚ and the objectives within the Affordable Care Act (ACA) providing the largest overhaul within medical care since the inception of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) in 1965 (Institute of Medicine [IOM]‚ 2010). The intent of this paper is to discuss the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report regarding the future of nursing as it pertains
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LEADERSHIP IN NURSING 1 Leadership in Nursing R. Samuel Ramirez Everest College Phoenix Leadership in Nursing What exactly is nursing? Nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of a person’s health. It is the profession that prevents illnesses and injury‚ and alleviates suffering through the diagnosis and treatment that excellent nurses give. Nursing is the advocacy in the care of an individual‚ in their families‚ and in their communities. But “nursing is not
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This paper will discuss the topics that are of found throughout this course that appear to be most interesting as well as those that appear to be least interesting. This paper will describe why this author feels these topics are interesting and why she feels they may not be interesting. Additionally‚ this author will describe a recent real-world event that relates to this course. This nursing leader is looking forward to learning how to apply the knowledge gained from this course to her current
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and Compassion Abstract There are different views on the concepts of nursing. Nurses can have the same views on nursing concepts as patients do with only slight difference. But overall the concepts of competence‚ professionalism‚ and compassion are viewed very similarly between the nurse and patient interviewed for this paper. Competence plays a key role in the quality of patient care. Compassion is a basis of nursing that expresses empathy towards patients‚ and professionalism can sometimes
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Nursing Knowledge Resources Emily Mwembu University of Phoenix NUR/513 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Carolyn Jaffe June 09‚ 2010 Nursing Knowledge Resources The purpose of this paper is to discuss Nursing Knowledge Resources benefits of nursing research and evidence based practice. Nursing knowledge is obtained through‚ observation‚ traditions‚ personal experiences‚ authority and mentorship (Burns‚ 2009‚ p. 10). Nursing resources are significant in promoting health‚ optimizing
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