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Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those ...

well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

to changes which in turn can result in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Primary nursing is not a new con...

Statistics expects that number to rise to more than one million in less than 20 years. The American Nurses Association and Monste...

established that nurses are often involved in the "timely identification of complications," which, if acted upon swiftly, prevent ...

30 months, as this is when between 13 and 28 percent of senior nurses are due to retire (Sibbald, 2003). Currently, close to a thi...

2008, p. 208). The purpose of the study designed by Sorensen and Yankech (2008) was to investigate whether a "research-based, th...

that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...

higher nurse-to-patient ratios suffer an increased rate of burnout and experience greater dissatisfaction with their jobs. In resp...

age. Therefore, the patient population is increasing. This factor is also influenced by the fact that that the huge lump in the Am...

change the position before completing three years of clinical practice (MacKusick and Minick, 2010). This research article is very...

divert status at least three times a week for the last year, with the exception of the only level one trauma center in Nevada, whi...

(Green, 2004a). A travel nurse, on the other hand, is typically contracted to work a 13-week period, and this usually includes an ...

A pertinent issue to foreign nurse recruitment, as a method for alleviating the shortage of nurses in US hospitals, is the number ...

nurses by 2012 to eliminate the shortage (Rosseter, 2009). By 2020, the District of Columbia along with at least 44 states will ha...

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) are licensed registered nurses (RNs) who have advanced graduate degree education. They ...

which are factors that are likely to have a beneficial affect on the chronic nursing shortage that is currently affecting the heal...

in the U.S. stands at 8.5 percent to over 14 percent, depending on the specific area of specialty (Letvak and Buck, 2008), by 2020...

in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Hypotheses The purpose of the proposed study is to determine the eff...

and their insurers by operating under two distinct fee schedules. Medicare requires that care providers fees be "normal and custo...

and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...

implementing the treatment regimen. 5. collaborating with other health care providers in determining the appropriate health care f...

Budget Office forecasts that gross domestic product will grow by 3.6 percent after inflation (in "real" terms) this year and by 3....

This paper offered a position paper on the topic of allowing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to practice up to their knowledge...

2003). Most international nurses coming to the US come from the Philippines, but many also come from Canada and India with addit...

that not only were nurses retained but that everyone on staff is motivated to be actively engaged and involved in the work environ...

employability: The role of nurse educator requires an advanced practice nursing degree at the graduate levels of masters and docto...

generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women would even ...

This essay is about proposed policies and legislation that addressed the nursing shortage. It also brings in proposed changed to M...