Health Care Worker Shortage

The challenges associated with the HRM i.e. human resource management includes the distribution and composition of health care work force. In addition to this, the issues related to the training of the work force are also a challenge for the human resource management. The relocation of the health workers is also a great concern. Moreover, the degree of economic development is also a great challenge that negatively impacts the level of performance shown by a health care organization. These challenges must be addressed properly in order to have an effective health care delivery anywhere in the world.

The debate continues as to whether or not America is really experiencing a healthcare workforce shortage. This debate continues to rage as commercial areas experience an overflow of healthcare professionals with the option to offer per diem employment to job seekers in these areas. However, rural areas continue to suffer from a lack of professional healthcare workers; specifically, those who specialize in specialist areas. The Alliance for Healthcare Reform (2011) has highlighted the following points as the factors which will be deemed responsible for this shortage:

With over 2 million jobs, registered nurses represent the largest health care occupation (Windle, 2008, p. 209). Although nurses are the biggest health care occupation, there continues to be a shortage in the United States. The shortage has worsened because of rising healthcare costs and a focus on cost containment, which has negatively impacted nurse work environments (Keeler and Cramer, 2007, p. 350). With demand for healthcare expecting to continue to increase and financial pressures becoming more burdensome, these shortages will likely become even more critical in coming years if not adequately addressed (Love et al., 2006, p. 558). The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 1.2 million nurses will be required to fill new and vacated nursing positions by the end of 2014 (Windle, 2008, p. 209).

This is a subject of particular personal interest because it strikes me as perhaps the single most problematic reality in healthcare today and because the need for jobs on a global scale should denote an opportunity to preempt the worsening of this crisis. Any research emergent on the subject such as the present literature review should be used to proliferate knowledge of the present crisis and to push for

The U.S. healthcare system is no stranger to nursing shortages. In very simple terms, this type of shortage happens when a lack of skilled nurses negatively impacts individual patient care; shortage occurrences can transpire at a local, national or international level. It is a recurring problem we have been faced with for the past five decades. However, what we will be up against between now and 2025 is a predicament of far greater proportion than ever encountered before. “Considering the impacts this prolonged shortage will have on the U.S. healthcare system, nursing and other health-related organizations have even brought their concerns to lawmakers in the central government for immediate consideration” (Janiszewski Goodin 335). This quote

Hiring nurses from other countries that have comparable education and experience is the answer to

Of the numerous disciplines of medicine, primary care is perhaps one of the most important. Despite this, the supply of primary care physicians in the United States is not exhibiting sufficient growth to keep up with its rapidly growing demand. A report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) provided extensive data regarding the employment of primary care physicians in 2015. As stated in the report, “by 2025, demand for physicians will exceed supply by a range of 46,000 to 90,000” (Association of American Medical Colleges). When the supply of physicians is exceeded by demand, it results in a shortage. Fortunately, this deficit in physician employment is not without an explanation. There is an increasing shortage of primary care

Sick Around the World is a Frontline documentary in which T.R. Reid travels to five countries; Great Britain, Japan, Germany, Taiwan and Switzerland. T.R. Reid gathers information regarding the cost of healthcare, the government involvement, and the waiting time to see providers and specialists. He also collects information on things believed to be pros and cons of each healthcare system to determine if improvements can be made using alternative methods form these countries. After watching the documentary and weighing out each of these healthcare systems, I have a better idea of how we can improve our own healthcare system.

A Population’s health outcome is usually determined more so by its social factors than its medical care. Health care provider determine the type of care in this community by firstly assessing the social determinant which range from the personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status. In defining the type of healthcare for this community an HCP takes into consideration several factors including; the lack of availability of health services in the area, the high cost and lack of insurance coverage and language barriers, age and disease prevalence of the population to be served. To meet the needs of this community there are free, income based health clinics, public health department clinics and community

With the ever-changing world of healthcare comes the numerous issues the nursing profession faces today. Just a few of these issues include economics, politics, epidemics of disease such as Ebola, and healthcare reform. One of the biggest issues within the nursing profession today is the nursing shortage. This issue is not only a concern for the nursing professional, but also a concern for the whole health care system as well as consumers. With the implementation of healthcare reform in the United States, and having already been implemented in other countries, nurses will be needed more than ever. Along with nursing shortages comes lager nurse to patient ratios as well as a higher demand of hours for nurses. How will this effect the profession and the consumers? How do nurses respond to increased hours? What are some of the problems the nursing shortage brings about? What can we do to bring in and train new nurses? These are just some of the questions the profession of nursing faces when considering nursing shortages and how to tackle this ongoing issue.

To find a suitable solution to the workforce shortage. The health care industry will have to focused their attention towards hiring new individuals, expand the training process, retain their current employees, increase employee wages, and provide reimbursement (Eldercare Workforce Alliance, 2015). Providing financial incentives will also attract workers to work with the aging population. To keep the employees that current in this health related field, employers will need to increase their wages to keep them. The government will also have to play a role in recruiting health care workers in geriatrics by offering loan forgiveness for education and offering scholarships to get people interested. Another way is to provide direct financial incentives

If the number of professions combined with the ageing workforce, it will increase the difficulty to meet the ascending demand in the health care in the future (NHHRC 2009). The distribution of the health workforce does not fulfil the population that has been distributed. The shortages of distribution was resulted the difficulties to meet the health care needs of Australian. According to the report in NHHRC (2009), 41% of the rural doctors were trained overseas. In other words, Australian is highly relying on overseas trained professions and the fast-growth in aging and retiring health professions is one of the factors that cause the workforce

The number of physicians in the country has been decreasing at such a great rate that the government and other stakeholders in the health care sector are trying to camouflage this by increasing the number of foreign doctors practicing in the country. The American Medical Association has been trying to promote these re-entry programs designed for physicians since the year 2009 to help curb this problem. There are many people who can see what the problem is, but it is not possible for them to do much about it. Physicians also see this problem, and they are well aware of why the shortage is arising, but they are also unable to do much to prevent the issue. There are many problems that lead to the shortage of physicians, and unless something is done, it will continue escalating ADDIN EN.CITE Lynch19721573(Lynch, 1972)1573157317Lynch, MichaelThe Physician "Shortage": The Economists' MirrorAnnals of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceAnnals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science82-88399ArticleType: research-article / Issue Title: The Nation's Health: Some Issues / Full publication date: Jan., 1972 / Copyright © 1972 American Academy of Political and Social Science1972Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American Academy of Political and Social Science00027162http://www.jstor.org/stable/1040122( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_6" o "Lynch, 1972 #1573" Lynch, 1972).

Shortage of healthcare workers in US is a well-known phenomenon. With the baby-boomer generation coming to its retirement the acute shortage of talented workforce is a major challenge before the US health care. There are a number of trends in health care that are currently affecting the workforce dynamics. The use of technology in health care has increased over time and increasingly health care organizations are adopting new technologies to make their services better. It is an important trend that has also affected the health care workforce. Increased use of Information Technology in the health care organizations has led to related changes in the composition of the workforce too. But not just this, there are also a number of other

There are many stakeholders involved in the healthcare system including healthcare administrator, healthcare professionals, hospitals, primary care, and patients. Burrows, Suh, and Hamann (2012) states that the Association of American Medical Colleges believes that by the year 2025 there will be a shortage or at least 124,000 full-time doctors and the Council on Graduate Medical Education believes that by the year 2020 there will be a shortage of 85,000 doctors which is 10 percent of the doctors in the healthcare field today. The need for nurses is increasing because there is already a shortage of nurses. But this need will become even more urgent as nurses retire. According to Burrows, Suh, and Hamann (2012) over 51 percent of nurses today are 40 years old and 50 year old nurses make up 40 percent. So, when these nurses retire there will be a shortage and an urgent need to fill the vacancies of these nurses.