Essays on Nursing shortage

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…

As the aging population continues to grow, the demand for health services and healthcare workers increases. The aging adults suffer at least one chronic disease, and managing these chronic illnesses results in a higher healthcare cost. Many older adults face barriers while obtaining care, and those potential barriers are long waiting times, transportation difficulty, lack…

In my experience as a registered nurse in a hospital in Texas, nurse to patient ratios have become a major dilemma. As a result of a shortage of nurses, many nurses (including me) have found themselves in assignments that are not exactly “safe,” and definitely not providing the best care for patients. Having worked in…

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…