Economic shortage

workers to think of moving out of their job and move to a better one. Nurses are having more work burnout imposed and are dissatisfied with their work because of the occurring nursing shortage. Aiken et al agrees with the nursing shortage is inputting more stress into the nurses who are still holding their job: “The shortage of hospital nurses may be linked to unrealistic nurse workload. Forty percent of hospital nurses have burnout levels that exceed the norms for health care workers” (1).…

frequently overlooked is the global nursing shortage. Before explaining why this issue is concerning to both the health care system, it is first important to define what the nursing shortage is. A nursing shortage, as defined by the International Journal of Nursing, is the…

Most people have a longing to get to the top of their company, whether by hard work and climbing the ladder, or by not what you know, but who you know. The longing to be on top is very common, but not only for monetary gain, but for one to achieve a certain level of power. It is an instinct that most of us have within, and it will be unleashed when we feel that where we are currently is not where we want to stay permanently. Most people come into a company wanting to be noticed and being seen…

a patient meets and is the person that they have the most contact with during their hospital stay. Patients develop a rapport with nurses and in many cases have a hard time adjusting to the new nurse on duty (Dubois et al., 2013). There is also a shortage of nurses that will only get worse before it gets better. There are many nurses that are nearing retirement…

The Nursing Code of Ethics and When “Doing Good” May Cause Harm “An ethical dilemma is a situation in which an individual is compelled to choose between two actions that will affect the welfare of a sentient being, and both actions are reasonably justified as being good, neither action is readily justified as being good.” (Butss & Rick, 2012) Nurses can face ethical dilemmas everyday within their practice. Canadian Nurses Association [CAN](2008) states when nurses are in the situation of an…

Recently, I was placed in a difficult situation with a co-worker. It is often very intimidating to begin a new position as a nurse in a new healthcare organization. Unfortunately, clichés are often formed by employees. Last December I was in new employee orientation. My first day I arrived early in order to be prepared and to meet the nurse that would be training me on the unit. It was much unexpected that the nurse walked in two minutes before her shift started and she was unaware that she was…

Over the past several years, the demand for nursing staff has increased tremendously. In fact, the nursing shortage in the United States is anticipated to grow to 260,000 by 2025. (Buerhas, Auerbach, & Staiger, 2009). This foreseen shortage in nurses builds off of the knowledge that the average age of nurses is increasing, whilst the demand for nurses increases. More nurses are retiring or are close to retirement and an equal amount of nurses are not being recruited to organizations to take over…

The nursing shortage has been present for many years, however, the shortage has grown in the past years and has become widely known. The nursing shortage may have affected patient care and hospital staff efficiency. There are quite a few causes for the shortage, including the large effects of the baby boomer population, difficulty of the practice, and the gender dominance in the nursing workplace. The shortage was a predictable oncoming event that was expected to happen and was no surprise,…

One major problem society is facing today is a shortage of nurses. Lois Berry and Paul Curry (2012) state, “by the year 2022, there will be a need of 60 000 full time registered nurses (p.35). Berry and Curry note that the number of nurses will decrease by 2022. A nurse shortage is defined in relation to the current unmet demands for present nurses and student nurses. Nursing shortages are becoming a concern worldwide. The causes for this shortage are complex, some of which include, an aging…

Introduction Patient safety has been a topic of high interest in recent years. Many factors attribute to the quality and safety of a patient; however, nurse burnout has been identified as a key indicator for patient safety (Dolan, et al., 2015). It is important to identify signs when a nurse is exhibiting burnout. Burnout is identified as emotional exhaustion and dissatisfaction (Dolan, et al., 2015). Noting trends in low patient outcomes and signs of burnout among nurses can be beneficial in…