The Problem Of The Nursing Shortage - 1278 Words

Introduction to Scenario The scenario that will be evaluated over the course of this paper, involves a hospital that has recently been experiencing staffing issues. The time frame that this organization struggles to staff is from the hours of 1530 to 2330. They are debating on what solution they can use to best solve the issue. The solutions that they have available include: hiring new permanent staff, hiring short-term staff, floating staff from other departments, or offering over-time and bonuses to the current staff. The remainder of this paper will determine and recommend the best route for this organization to take, and will come to this conclusion based off of current statistics and relevant data. Nursing Shortages This scenario†¦show more content†¦(Rosseter, 2014) According to the AACN, the plan to fix the nursing shortage, is to come up with strategies to encourage students to enroll in nursing school. Colleges are now offering both fiscal and emotion support to students enrolled in nursing programs across the country. Obviously, this is a great plan to better the future, but in regards to our scenario, the problem at hand is the current staffing issue. The Impact on Business Obviously, we must look at how nursing shortage impacts the business world and the day-to-day operations within. While the medical profession should be primarily about the well-being of the patients, we all know that today s society must also focus on the business aspect of the medical field as well. Thus, when one examines the effects on the business end of things, they will see that it is most efficient to have satisfied employees. While this can be difficult to define at times, the most basic way to satisfy employees is to treat them fairly and with respect. This means that during times of low staffing, management needs to be stepping up in a timely manner and assisting in any way that they can to ensure the staff and patients are cared for properly. Other things to consider, include the fact that low-staffing can be very costly to businesses. Obviously, it is costly to hire new staff. A study was done in Europe that demonstrated that the costs of nursing tu rnover can be high (over +10,000 per RN