There is currently a high demand for nursing, and it does not look like that is going to change anytime soon. I am sure we have all seen this in our own work places, if you haven’t, you are very fortunate. Per the Monthly Labor Review, American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2017) states, “According to the latest projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics published in the November 2009 Monthly Labor Review, more than 581,500 new nursing positions will be created through 2018 (a 22.2% increase), making nursing the nation's top profession in terms of projected job growth. The areas of nursing I see in the greatest demand are bedside nursing positions. Other areas may be Long Term Care facilities and Skilled Care.
I was surprised to see some of the statistics regarding how nurse staffing impacts our patient care. As a nurse, we work so hard to facilitate good quality outcomes for our patients. Over the last 15 years as a licensed professional, be short staffed has pretty much been the “norm.’ So, when I read how this affects our patient’s mortality rate, it is very concerning. In the study performed by Dr. Jack Needleman and his …show more content…
In the study titled “Nurse Staffing and Inpatient Hospital Mortality,” the researchers also found that when a nurse’s workload increases because of high patient turnover, mortality risk also increases (p. 4).
In April of 2011, Dr. Mary Blegen and her colleges published their study in an issue of Medical Care. Rosseter (2017) states, the data “found that higher nurse staffing levels were associated with fewer deaths, lower failure-to-rescue incidents, lower rates of infection, and shorter hospital stays (p. 3). These evidenced based studies alone should encourage medical organizations to think out of the box for nursing retention and nursing recruitment, with short-term and long-term
I was surprised to see some of the statistics regarding how nurse staffing impacts our patient care. As a nurse, we work so hard to facilitate good quality outcomes for our patients. Over the last 15 years as a licensed professional, be short staffed has pretty much been the “norm.’ So, when I read how this affects our patient’s mortality rate, it is very concerning. In the study performed by Dr. Jack Needleman and his …show more content…
In the study titled “Nurse Staffing and Inpatient Hospital Mortality,” the researchers also found that when a nurse’s workload increases because of high patient turnover, mortality risk also increases (p. 4).
In April of 2011, Dr. Mary Blegen and her colleges published their study in an issue of Medical Care. Rosseter (2017) states, the data “found that higher nurse staffing levels were associated with fewer deaths, lower failure-to-rescue incidents, lower rates of infection, and shorter hospital stays (p. 3). These evidenced based studies alone should encourage medical organizations to think out of the box for nursing retention and nursing recruitment, with short-term and long-term