Some feel that higher educated nurses are vital to meeting the demands of our ever changing healthcare needs. “A well-educated, highly-skilled, and diverse nurse workforce is critical to meeting future healthcare needs.” (Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], 2011). Scientific studies have been conducted to support this parallel. Research shows that healthcare institutions with higher percentages of baccalaureate-prepared nurses benefit with better patient outcomes in addition to significantly lower mortality rates (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2012). This research resulted in the healthcare industry taking great strides to increase the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses.
Nurses can also build partnerships with doctors and collaborate with health care workers, to help improve the health care system in the United States. The IOM sees the nurse as a great leader, but they are not being used to their full potential due to challenges like policy regulation, high turnover of nurses, the aging workforce and the difficulty to find a job coming out of school. The ANA in a press release, agreed with the IOM report and acknowledged the need for nurses to step up and meet the challenges of the changing and advancements in the health care system, (McNamara, 2010). IOM Recommendations The Institute of Medicine report recommended that leaders in nursing should work together to help improve the number of nurses with a BSN degrees from 50 percent to 80 percent by the year 2020.
Coping with differences in culture and communication in health care Hearnden, Margaret. Nursing Standard23. 11 (Nov 19-Nov 25, 2008): 49-57; quiz 58. Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers Hide highlighting Abstract (summary) TranslateAbstract Internationally recruited nurses (IRNs) provide valuable resources to address existing and predicted nurse shortages. Once in employment many IRNs experience difficulties due to differences in language and culture in their new country of practice.
Mortality rates were high at the turn of the century. Problems with meningitis, tuberculosis, scarlet fever and other communicable diseases were addressed. The graduate nurse program had begun to develop in hospitals and education facilities to better prepare nurses for these illnesses and more. (Chinn, P 1994) Body A woman in medical care (beyond serving as a midwife, sitter or cleaner) was brought about by the likes of Florence Nightingale. These women showed a previously male dominated profession the essential role of nursing in order to lessen the patient mortality rate, which resulted from lack of hygiene and nutrition.
“The second prong of the strategy was directed toward the hospitals and was focused on improving efficiencies in basic health care and outpatient services” (Blanchard & Thacker, 2013, p. 51). The External Environment of MHC and how the Strategy Aligns The external environment of MHC operates in accordance with the governmental regulations and insurance required procedures. The government was pressuring health care institutions to reduce their fees. “The federal and state governments were putting increasing pressure on health care institutions to reduce costs” (Blanchard & Thacker, 2013, p. 51). Many of the patients that were receiving treatment at MHC were doing so as an outpatient; which meant beds were going unused.
Emergency Department Bottleneck Proposal University of Phoenix OPS/HC 571 January 23, 2012 Middletown Hospital Bottleneck Proposal In the United States today, receiving quality health care is a challenge. Over the years the challenges in health care have been improving the public health care system, keeping cost under control, improving access and coverage, encouraging healthy behavior, improving quality, strengthening the health workforce, addressing social determinants of health, and encouraging more realistic expectations (Jonas, Knickman, & Kovner, 2008). These challenges concern many health care organizations because of what could happen if the issues are not managed properly. This proposal is to help Middletown Hospital operate efficiently and provide the best quality of care and safety to their patients. Because Middletown Hospital has been receiving a large number of complaints about long waits for care and poor service from 6:00-10:00 p.m., the chief executive officer (CEO) has authorized a Six Sigma Team to analyze root causes and provide recommendations for improvement.
Aetna provides health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability, and long term care benefits. The company offers a range of products and services under three categories: health care, group insurance, and large case pensions. Strong market position in the US healthcare combined with wide and deep product portfolio is enhancing customer base. However, significant reforms in the US healthcare industry, high dependence on outsourced vendors and increasing operating expenses, are likely to affect the company’s margins. The completion of a SWOT analysis of Aetna revealed that the company has several strength that will help usher the company into their next phase.
Title: Reducing the numbers of medication errors by the nurses in health care system. Administration of medication is a key element of nursing care. Medications are an amazing discovery. They promote healing, reduce suffering and contribute to modern medical miracles. However, because thousands of new drugs have been developed recently, because the health care environment is increasingly complex, and because the patients are older and often sicker, there is increasing risk for medication errors in hospitals.
Because of tough competition, hospitals are investing heavily in new technologies to attract new patients. Reduced Medicare reimbursements and expenditures on the new techmologies significantly affect hospitals bottom line. It is imperative to understand the financial structure and financial management strategies to ensure fullest utilization of the available financial resources. Both Investors-owned and not-for-profit hospitals have several common elements of organizational structure, but vary significantly on financial structures. Government health care organizations such as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have unique financial structure and financial management strategies to comply with the organizational objectives.
Productivity Sakinah Jalil Ohio University Productivity Productivity is a measurement of the output produced using a quantity of inputs (Huber, 2010, p. 701, para. 2). As a result of the national healthcare mandate, hospitals and other healthcare organizations are becoming more focused on increasing labor productivity, managing resources, and decreasing costs, whilst, trying to enhance the quality of care. According to Letvak and Buck (2008), “factors associated with decreased work productivity were age, total years worked as a RN, quality of care provided, job stress score, having had a job injury, and having a health problem” (p. 159, para. 1).