Nursing shortage

The major concerns in relation to the nursing shortage are the lack of available nurses, nurse burn-out/job dissatisfaction, and decreased patient quality of care. Some proposed solutions for the nursing shortage are: 1) “retainment of experienced nurses”, 2) “recruitment of new graduates”, 3) encouragement to obtain double (or dual) degrees, and 4) positive depiction of the nursing field (Hickey Sumison & Harrison, 2010). Keeping a hold of experienced nurses in the health care setting is an…

“Strategies to Reverse the Nursing Shortage” provides solutions to reverse the nursing shortage by addressing problems like the aging nursing population, the importance of nurse educators, and the declining number of nursing students. Like the previous articles mentioned, the nursing population is aging and more skilled nurses are leaving the healthcare system. There needs to be new policies in place to reduce the number of experienced nurses from leaving or have a rehiring process. Instead of…

Impact of Nursing Shortages Nursing shortages have a negative impact on nursing (Heller, Oros, & Durney-Crowley, n.d.). Nursing shortages are present in clinics, hospitals, and nursing homes based on the supply of new nurses compared to the available nursing positions (Heller, Oros, & Durney-Crowley, n.d.). In this paper, I will talk about the history of nursing shortages, the global impact nursing shortages have on the profession of nursing, and the personal impact nursing shortages will have…

The Nursing Shortage and its Adverse Effects on Patient and Nurses How would you feel if you had to wait an incredibly long time to receive care every time you went to a healthcare facility because of a nursing staff shortage? You would probably feel neglected, irritated, and frustrated. It might be understandable occasionally, but if care was frequently delayed, you would probably be inclined to find a new provider. Not only is the nursing shortage upsetting for patients, a patient to…

the next ten years, more than one million registered nurses in the United States will be eligible for retirement. This will potentially leave the nursing profession with the largest shortage in history. The need for health care is only growing due to the aging baby boomer population. “Nursing researchers have noted that the projected nursing shortage, if not rectified, is expected to affect health care cost, job satisfaction and quality patient care” (Lartey, 2014, p. 1027). Without an…

She stated that the nursing shortage is largely due to nursing schools not being able to accept students because of the low numbers of nursing professors and staff, many nurses with advanced degrees seek management level position, and the pay scale for nursing professors is not as lucrative as a management position. Colleague HS thinks that the nursing shortage need to be addressed and improved before we create these affordable ideal platforms…

I started working in nursing in 1998 as a CNA in a local nursing home. The nursing home I worked in did not require mandatory overtime for nursing staff. Nurses and CNAs could volunteer to stay over and work if they wanted. If staffing could not be found, everyone just had to work short. This was not a very big issue at the time and we usually had enough staffing to cover the facility, but things have changed and most facilities are short nursing staff. The last two facilities that I worked at…

in the medical field. If taken into account the number of nurses set to retire by 2022, the number of additional new RNs needed grows to an astounding 1.13 million. There are several issues, in the profession of nursing, which must be addressed to avoid a catastrophic nursing shortage. Some of the concerns include Title VIII funding, which is a federally funded program to educate RNs. The program saw a significant cut in funds in 2000, and thus has contributed to a decrease in available…

In 1998, a nursing shortage began due to the confluence of several factors that were, at the time, unknown. The lack of nurses is becoming apparent and putting out negative effects for the world to see through the registered nurses habits in caring for these patients. Hospital administrators suggested higher wages and increased training for nurses; however, efforts to provide these did not end the shortage. The controversy here is higher wages cannot make up for being intensely overworked,…

2016, p. 285). Nursing curriculum is in the process of transformation (Keating, 2014, p. 38).There are multiple forces and issues that influence the direction of the curriculum. It is the responsibility of the nurse leaders to overcome or find solutions for these issues to develop a work force to meet the challenging demands of the healthcare system. One of the issues that falls in this context is nursing faculty shortage. This paper focuses on the influence of nursing faculty shortage in…