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Report On The Economic Crisis : Initial Impact On Hospitals

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American Hospital Association. (2008). Report on the economic crisis: Initial impact on hospitals. Retrieved from http://aha.org
Centers for Medicare and Introduction Staffing shortfalls in the medical community have been noted since the turn of the century (Coss, 2009). There are not enough professionals being adequately trained to handle the increased demand for complex health care (Stock, McDermott, & McDermott, 2014). Many hospitals experience nursing shortfalls due to this shortage. However, some shortfalls result from the hospital 's inability to financially maintain adequate staffing. Hospital management is forced to make difficult operating decisions as they continue to recover from the financial crisis of 2008 (American Hospital Association, 2008).
Statement of the Problem Hospitals with low nurse staffing levels tend to have higher rates of poor patient outcomes such as pneumonia, shock, cardiac arrest, and urinary tract infections, according to research funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Stanton, 2004). The number of qualified nurses continues to diminish as nurses leave the field due to burnout (Carayon & Gurses, 2008). Nurses who work in understaffed hospitals report a greater workload and greater instances of work-related stress than do nurses in well-staffed hospitals (Carayon & Gurses, 2008). These issues stem from dysfunctions in healthcare management, prompting a focus on the considerations made by a hospital 's Chief

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