Nursing shortage

Date: April 2, 2015 To: From: Subject: RECOMMENDATION REPORT ON THE BEST NURSING CAREER FOR HEALTH AND SCIENCE GRADUATES INTRODUCTION As per your request, I am submitting this report that shows that I have identified being a registered nurse (RN) as the best career option in the field of nursing. This report focuses on how graduating students in this program can determine which career/job option would be best suited for them. I have concluded my report based on the comparison of four main criteria

Registered Nurses are the largest group of health care professionals in the United States and there is a massive shortage nationwide, especially in Texas. In 2006 Texas was reported to have over 146,000 Registered Nurses; this is only around 609 nurses per 100,000 residents, as opposed to the national statistic of 782 per 100,000. (Ogle, 2006). In trying to examine the causes for the shortages in Texas, we

The Issue of Retention in Nursing Retention in the nursing profession is a concern that needs to be understood and corrected. Multiple areas of the healthcare system are affected by nursing retention, and these areas need to be considered when addressing the concern. Cost of nursing retention is high for organizations because of resources used to maintain and hire for the open positions. Quality patient care should always be at the forefront of reasons that nursing retention needs attention and

Introduction Congratulations, you are almost there! With nursing school close to its finale, it’s time to begin looking into employment opportunities. With many factors included in the employment process, now is the time to get prepared and equipped to begin a new life as a nurse. There are many factors included into the employment process. To begin, you must first assess the current demanding job market. After researching the market, your next step is to assess yourself. What type of setting do

Workforce instability due to “burnout” in the nursing field, as demonstrated by high rates of staff turnover and lingering vacancy rates, continue to be a major challenge facing healthcare organizations in the U.S. According to the Webster’s New World Dictionary, the definition of burnout is “the condition of someone who has become very physically and emotionally tired after doing a difficult job for a long time” (Burnout 2015). The term "burnout" was created in the 1940s, and was used to define

Nursing Mentoring Nohely Alvarez Felician College Nohely Alvarez 10/09/2015 “I declare on my honor that I have neither given nor received inappropriate aid on this examination/paper/assignment.” Going through the process of getting a degree and graduating can probably be the most rewarding achievement in life. All the sleepless nights: studying and writing papers has finally paid off and now it is time to step out into the real world. For some, depending on their career can be challenging

Though the field of nursing is currently mixed with Associate and Bachelor prepared nurses, the Associate prepared nursing role was originally created in response to the need of nurses to fill a shortage created by WWII. Associate degree nurses were trained in a shorter period of time than a traditional professional nurse, in the skills of nursing in order to perform bedside care during the nursing shortage. (Berman & Snyder, 2012, pp.10-11) The Associate program was intended to be short-term solution

Charge Nurses relating to Functional Model, Team Nursing Model, and Delegation It seemed like a normal day coming into work, it was a Tuesday. 6:45 a.m. on a Medical Surgical Floor, the night shift was eager to give report so they could go home, and all the day shift nurses were drinking their coffee getting ready for the 12 hour shift ahead of them. My name is Staci Deland, I am a Registered Nurse on a Pediatric Medical Surgical Floor. This day I am talking about is about to become much busier than

Strategies to Increase Nursing Student Motivation “Passive recipients of face-to-face instructor designed and led classes” was how traditional education students were viewed (McGarry, Theobald, Lewis, & Coyer, 2015, p. 967). The researchers understood the challenges nurse educators faced in engaging students and cultivating new nursing graduates with skills benefitting societal and professional sustainability. The aim of this paper is to determine by integrative review whether active learning and

The nursing profession is commonly recognized as an essential component of healthcare with nurses representing the largest number of healthcare providers to date. Unfortunately for years, the minimum educational requirement to enter into nursing practice has yet to be standardized to meet the progressive needs required of healthcare providers. Presently, the option of enrollment into nursing programs of varying lengths and curricula that result in the same licensure and professional privileges places