As a result, these hospitals had elevated and quality patient care and satisfaction ratio. Rate of patient contentment was high, while the patient mortality and morbidity rate was driven below the ground (Aiken et al
As a result, these hospitals had elevated and quality patient care and satisfaction ratio. Rate of patient contentment was high, while the patient mortality and morbidity rate was driven below the ground (Aiken et al
As a result, these hospitals had elevated and quality patient care and satisfaction ratio. Rate of patient contentment was high, while the patient mortality and morbidity rate was driven below the ground (Aiken et al
Some particular areas consist of analyzing, collecting and synthesizing population statistics, assessing the patient education material available, recognizing concrete evidence-based guidelines, developing an understanding of particular data methods for measuring interventional components, looking at the program outcomes, being up-to-date with care management, disease management, case management, writing expertise for report writing needed. In order to expand the program along with professional development, skills in writing articles and journals for publications purposes goes a long way in building rapport (Berwick and Hackbarth, 2012)
Apart from that, with low staff in hospitals, the rate of patient death can be high. (Clarke et al
The present framework for training the staff in patient care Care planning and comprehensive assessment: the present guidelines for training staff pertains to nursing practice and patient care which correlates to an encompassing knowledge about chronic diseases management as well as evidence-based guidelines, not to mention certain protocols for COPD, CHF, diabetes and depression. Diagnosing depression and diabetes at the same time is commonplace in the elder population, but it certainly stimulates poor health conditions in the process (McSharry, Bishop, Moss-Morris, & Kendrick, 2013)
rate wherein they experienced any of the above six factors. The more hours dedicated to the patient resulted in least amount of these factors occurred (Needleman et al
rate wherein they experienced any of the above six factors. The more hours dedicated to the patient resulted in least amount of these factors occurred (Needleman et al
In 2004, Ontario hospitals received additional $50 million "used to create full-time positions and enhance working conditions for nurses. They will help purchase new equipment that improves the safety of nurses and patients, promote professional development and support roles such as nursing educators and nursing managers" (Better working conditions, 2004, Ontario)
Nurses are forced to oversee insupportably high patient loads and to work long hours, literally doing the work of two people with one body. Despite this fact, "almost 90 per cent (89%) of patients in Ontario rated their nursing care as excellent or good is the high cost that nurses often pay to provide that care" (MacKinnon 2001)
"Health experts warn Canada could face a repeat of the 1990s, when health-care cuts by the provinces drove as many as 27,000 nurses to the U.S. alone to look for work" (Spencer 2010)
Provide private scholarships with local colleges and internship opportunities (American Nursing Association, 2012b) 1. Combination with government funds to increase benefit (Pequet, 2010) D
Nursing Shortage How can the facility recruit and retain sufficient nursing staff? Nursing shortage is a global trend (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2012) Ageing patient population Long hours and stress mean high turnover How the nursing shortage effects the facility Not enough nurses per shift to cover patient needs Nurses showing signs of physical stress (American Nursing Association, 2012a) Nurses showing signs of emotional stress (American Nursing Association, 2012a) Patient care is delayed, jeopardizes patient safety High turnover rates (Raphael, 2011) Lack of experienced staff, everyone is new More medical and drug errors (American Nursing Association, 2012a) Lack of experienced staff compromises patient health (Aiken, 2008) Facility cannot grow without enough nurses to handle increased patient load Greater number of patients means potential for increased business Opens up opportunities in other local facilities to take away business from the facility III
Nurses are sometimes treated inappropriately, especially the newcomers and interim students. Marsha Hunt Jackson, an interim student affairs coordinator and assistant professor of nursing at Weber State University of Utah, told a story of how her daughter in a nursing school is being treated (Gamero, 2002)
Valerie Gibbons, in her No Easy Remedy for Solving the Nursing Shortage, indicates that the financial problem of educational institutions is the seed of the nursing shortage problem. According to Gibbons, because nursing programs are expensive, many colleges hesitate about expanding their departments (Gibbons, 2003)
One of which that involves a collaboration between nursing schools and health institutions is the innovative mentorship program. Stolovitch and Keeps (Hom, 2003) defines mentoring as is a role that an individual(s) takes on in order to assist someone grow and learn through the transference of expertise" In Chicago, mentorship programs are used to address the global nursing shortage
Guiding newcomers can prevent them from turning their back to their nursing profession. The value of mentorship program is that it is a key to recruitment and retention strategy (Jarjoura)
Part of the problem that exists in colleges and universities is the lack of nursing faculty. This is according to Betty Dickson, executive director of Mississippi Nurses Association (Jeter, 2003)
In light of United Nation's Millennium Development goals, the shortage stands out as one of the major impediments to the attainment of these objectives. Among these development goals are those that touch on health care and include a reduction in child mortality, improving maternal fitness, and fight HIV / AIDS, malaria and other serious diseases (Buerhaus, Staiger, & Auerbach, 2009)
In the nursing profession, most of them report this challenge, which, they further assert, affects them negatively on their personal health. Reports relating to dynamics in the labor industry have constantly indicated that nursed are among the most stressed, overworked, and sickly professionals, with about eight percent of the workforce failing to turn up for their duties on reasons related to their health status (Cummings et al