Groups Condemn Government for Awarding ECC of SMI/Xtrata: TAMPAKAN MINING WILL WORSEN CLIMATE RISK IN MINDANAO In a recent development that will worsen the vulnerability of the country‚ particularly Mindanao‚ climate justice and environmental groups strongly denounce the P-Noy Administration for recently awarding the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) of SMI/Xtrata and pursuing the construction of the mining project in Tampakan‚ South Cotabato amidst strong protest. “We strongly condemn
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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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timber shortages in the 1770s‚ 1803‚ and 1808 by importing wood products from other sources and searching for new sources. As the chief causes of these three timber shortages were completely different‚ the regions where the navy focused on as the source of woods were different in each case. In the 1770s‚ the cause of the shortage was the loss of the preliminary source of wood products in North America. In 1803‚ the failure to manage the dockyards and the outbreak of war caused the timber shortage. Then
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The Healthcare Workforce Shortage A rapidly aging population‚ increased incidence of chronic illnesses‚ and expanded access to care due to health care reform all place an additional strain on hospitals that are already struggling to maintain an adequate workforce. Although the lack of registered nurses is the most widely publicized problem‚ shortages exist across the entire industry and includes‚ among others‚ pharmacists‚ radiology and laboratory technicians‚ and mental health professionals (Burroughs
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Water shortage is a global problem by William 8H Water shortage is a problem worldwide - A combination of climate change and poor resource management is leading to water shortages in even the most developed countries. In London‚ leaks from water mains are wasting 300 Olympic swimming pools worth of water every day whilst southern parts of Europe is becoming drier as a result of climate change and glaciers in the North pole which are a significant source of water‚ are depleting. Many other countries
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This week topic is interesting to me because when I came to USA‚ so many people said about nurse shortage. Most people concern and worried about the issue since more than decade. There are the Philippines has been working as a nurse‚ which is dominated among the nurse migration. After decelerating in the second half of 1990s‚ the American Nurses migrate along the way to the Philippines is still larger group of countries with maps‚ it has increased. About 10‚000 foreign nurses in 1995‚ the number
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contribute to hardening the task. Due to these issues among others‚ Saudi Arabia has become one of the most nurse importing countries in the world‚ if not the most‚ with over 80 percent of its nurses are non-Saudi nationals. The Shortage: To understand the Saudi shortage in nurses‚ one has to understand the Saudi dependence on foreign nurses. In a country as young as Saudi Arabia; going from the tribal age to the informational age in less than 70 years was and still considered
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Healthcare Personnel Shortage Julienne Auguste HCS/427 HR PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES IN HEALTH CARE DEIDRA JOHNSON February 20‚ 2011 The medical-surgical unit of ABC hospital is a 52 bed unit divided into three nursing stations. The unit provides care for medical/surgical adult and geriatric patients on various stages of recuperation from diagnostic‚ therapeutic and surgical interventions. Staffing levels are based on accurate calculation of the volume of patients occupying a
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several articles‚ most of them point to our shortage and demand of nursing staff. They have concluded that this has been ongoing problem since 1915. The article I found most interesting was Imbalance in the health workforce by Zurn‚ P.‚ Dal Poz‚ M. R.‚ Stilwell‚ B.‚ & Adams‚ O. What they describe is how this is an ongoing matter. Not only in the United states however‚ across the world. They go and defined that other countries deal with the shortage in other forms however‚ we all face the same
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The U.S. nursing shortage had been a serious issue for quite sometime now and continues to escalate. As the nursing workforce continues to age‚ nurses leave the profession faster than they can be replaced and the crisis continues to grow. Nurses are leaving for different reasons. What is being done to solve the nursing shortage here in the United States? Nursing recruitment and retention is one of many solutions that can alleviate this problem. "Nurses are privileged to belong to a profession
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