Essays on Nursing shortage

Increased workload-nurse patient ratio is often times ignored, specifically in understaffed units. Ideally, 1 nurse should care for 6 patients on a non-acute unit, however this is often not the case. Nurses are often caring for up to 9 patients per 1 nurse, this causes workplace stress, medications errors, and impaired work life balance. Training-BHM…

The face of healthcare is constantly changing, and nursing care is becoming increasingly complex. Nurses are caring for higher acuity patients and being asked to do more with less while still providing high-quality, safe patient care (Masters, 2015). The Institute of Medicine (2011) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, speaks to the…