This was a critical long term contribution to medicine as it helped professionalise nursing which was once associated with working class women. This can be seen in the Modern Era where nursing is now a predominantly female profession. Anderson was the first female doctor to qualify in England. She failed to get into any medical school and enrolled as a nursing student at the Middlesex Hospital. She attended classes with male colleagues, but was barred after complaints.
Since the late 1980’s the demand for nurses has been escalating as the numbers of nurses in the field have dropped (Buerhaus, 1987). A quick fix to the nursing shortage has been to bring nurses to the U.S. from abroad and in recent years nearly one-third of new nurses were not born in the United States (Herbst, 2007). But critics say this is only a short term fix to a long-term problem and the reasons for the nursing shortage must be addressed. When hospitals fill their nursing needs with foreigners who will work at lower wages they make their investors happy with their returns, but they also prevent the needed wage hike that would draw more Americans into the field and solve the shortage in the future (Herbst, 2007). Below par wages are not the only reason nursing positions are hard to fill, nurses have a job that requires physical as well as mental strength and their employers must provide good working conditions to retain nurses.
A George Washington University study published in Science Daily says, “If health care employers are serious about wanting a more highly educated workforce, they will need to go beyond the current ‘soft policies’ and adopt more forceful measures, such as requirements for degree completion and wages that reward nurses who have worked to get a BSN or advanced degrees” (George Washington University, 2013). The problem is that there is such a shortage of nurses that employers hire whomever they can get regardless of the type of degree. As long as the person is a licensed RN, s/he is right for the job. One reason that so many people support a
Nurse to patient staffing ratios I read an article published in the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing about staffing ratio’s. The article pointed out that the nurse to patient ratios are high because the hospital doesn’t get additional reimbursement based on the individual acuity of the patient. Since the hospitals already have to keep a set standard of nurses they have lowered the number of unlicensed personnel and housekeeping staff to offset the cost (Welton, 2007). This practice doesn’t solve the real issue that the ratios present such as safety, it simply reduces the cost to the hospital while putting a greater workload on the nurse. The article explained that the nursing needs are even higher because of the shorter hospital stays.
And nurses can find travel jobs and jobs with the cruise lines. One thing the public does know about nurses is that inadequate nurse staffing in hospitals may be jeopardizing the quality of patient care (Cho, 2001). Evidence suggests That there are shortages of nurses willing, or available, to fill vacant positions in the hospitals, nursing homes and home care (Nurse Week, 2001). Although there have been nursing shortages in the past, the current shortage is different in that it is driven by the demand for growing healthcare needs and the aging of the “baby boomer” nursing work force and nurse educators. Because of the central role nursing plays in quality patient care in the community, hospitals, and nursing homes across the nation a nursing shortage is clear everyone’s problem.
They felt there was nothing they could do for them that would compensate for their sacrifice. Graduated from Army School of Nursing, with high standard of giving service to the people who need it. Aware that lodged in her “feeble mind” is more information in nursing and healthcare than most nurses. In 1950’s did a survey and assessment all over this country in about ¾ of the US. Met the most wonderful people.
INTRODUCTION Nursing has come a long way since the 1800’s. We have watched as nursing has grown from a profession where only on the job training was necessary and at one point in time was viewed as a disgraceful job and was used as a type of punishment into a respectful profession where a proper education along with proper training and testing are a must. HISTORY OF NURSING LICENSURE In the late 1800’s when nursing schools began to evolve the schools the schools didn’t offer much formal instruction they basically focused on apprenticeships. Efforts began to regulate nursing between 1880 and 1910and were politically difficult. During this time period the National League of Nursing and the American Nurse Association began encouraging formal accreditation for nursing education programs and for state regulations for nursing.
All nurses have a scope of practice they must follow but depending on the patient will tell them what procedures to perform. Some roles that RNs are responsible for are developing nursing plans, instructing patients or their family members how to properly take care of the ill, providing direct patient care, and also teaching in nursing programs. The direct patient care is when they examine the patient and record signs, symptoms, temperature, height, weight, and any other problems. (Daily Activities). Most nurses usually work in healthcare facilities unless they are home health care providers such as school nurses or for the elderly.
That is present with a patient when they are informed of their diagnosis of cancer by their physician. 2. This study is very significant, while most nurses have been in the situation of being present when diagnosis of cancer is explained to patients, there has been little research done on it. This study could render a better understanding of the interaction between the patient and nurse thus improving patient care. Registered Nurses work very hard to meet the needs of their patients, both emotional and physical.
At the Long Term Care where I worked as a student nurse, they didn’t have as many residents as the Heimstead Lodge where I also worked as a student nurse and many health care aids ended up going home because there wasn’t enough work to go around. Another negative experience that I faced when working as a student nurse was now the employees, especially the health care aids treated me. They would come up to me at times and tell me that there was a problem or that I was doing something wrong or tell me that one of my fellow student nurse should be looking after their client. This happened at the Heimstead and soon after, the student nurses, I and our instructor moved on to the Long Term Care and the reception we got was amazing. The head of the facility greeted us and gave us a tour of the facility and told us that if we didn’t have