Nursing Shortage: Factors Affecting The Quality Of Nursing

Nursing Shortage Nursing shortage is beginning to rise as a result of baby boomers retiring, the acuity of patient care admitted to the hospital, and nurses changing their profession as the result of being burnt out. The idea of nursing shortage in the clinical setting, can be associated with the risk of poor quality care rendered to the patient. As the quality of care rendered to the patient declines, the patient becomes at risk for hospital acquired pneumonia, decubitus, and urinary tract infection. Also, the nursing staff will be paid for overtimes and as a result this can affect the budget established by the organization. Insurance companies will not pay for hospital acquired pneumonia, decubitus and urinary tract infection. These factors can affect the organization financial budget as well as the quality of care rendered to the patient. This paper will discuss the issue of patient care associated with nursing shortage in the workplace and its impact on the financial management of the organization. Second, there will be an discussion of the two peer reviewed articles researched on nursing shortage as it …show more content…
There has been four hospital acquired decubitus in the past month on the medical surgical unit. The acuity of the patient has risen and this will require more time to be spent with patient. The nursing staff to patient ratio is six to one. Incorporating the minimum of four patients to nursing ratio, along with training, will improve the quality of patient care and mortality rate associated with these problems (Lang, Hodge, Olson, Romano, & Kravitz, 2004, p. 335). As the quality of care improves, the budget within the organization will improve enough to offer incentives as a reward for their behavior. Some of the incentives includes: providing raises, bonus, and purchasing the latest technical equipment to help with patient