Nursing Shortage Research Paper

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Health Care Professionals Harriet Watson Professor Johnican HSA 500 2/26/2012 1. Identify and describe three reasons there may be a physician shortage rather than a surplus in the United States. There is a debate among researchers and other experts whether or not the United States will have a shortage of physicians in the future. The debate is centered around, should we plan for the future and open more medical schools and encourage students to enroll in medical training programs. Currently there is a major shortage of physicians in rural locations,ethnic intercity areas, and medically disadvantaged parts of society. The three reasons there may be a medical shortage…show more content…
Physicians are now moving into administration and executive physician positions working with hospitals, nursing homes, and drug companies. This type of work often times pays less but requires a reduce in long hours and less medical liabilities. 2. Identify and describe three factors that contribute to the nursing shortage in the United States. There is a shortage of nurse relative to the demand (Williams & Torres, p. 283, 2010). The cause of the nursing shortage is due to a number of factors. Theses factors are less students are enrolled in nursing school, RN workforce is aging, nurse are not working as nurses, the pay is being reduced, and the emergence of alternative job positions. First, there is the problem that students are not enrolling in nursing school. Since 2003 nursing school enrollment has been declining at a steady rate (Williams & Torres, p. 283, 2010). Many times state and federal funded RN nursing programs at community colleges and state universities require high GPA to gain entry to the RN nursing program and this creates a barrier for students. Non-traditional nursing programs offered at technical or vocational colleges are more expensive many times but have easier admission rules. It is expected that if the nursing school graduates numbers do not increase there will be a nursing shortage in the…show more content…
Health administrators in small facilities tend to have a less staff support and have bigger workloads. In larger facilities, there is more staff support and administrators focus more on policy directives. A health services administrator can work in a variety of work setting including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. The primary role of a health services administrator is business management of the facility which includes managing policies and procedures, make up the budget, and hiring and overseeing the staff. Creating training material and training new employees. Keeping facility within state and local guidelines, laws, and regulations. Another role of the administrator may be to purchase supplies and medical equipment and prepare official reports. The administrator normally deal with any outside organization like civic groups, insurance companies and other health
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