and Associated Risk Factors Sarah A.T. Harris HiNursing Hawaii Nursing LLC (HiNursing) is a nurse staffing company that operates under HiHealthcare, which is a subsidiary of The Hawaii Group family (HiGroup). HiNursing is a legacy of Scott Craun, RN and the company he started, Island Nurses, which was acquired by HiGroup on December 1st, 2012 (Silverstein, 2012). The company provides registered nurses (RN), certified nursing assistants (CNA), and medical assistant (MA) positions statewide to
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outcomes and promoting safety, and can serve as an indicator of quality in healthcare institutions; sustainable nursing workloads improve the quality of health care by reducing unsafe conditions, as well as reducing mortality and morbidity. Several literature reviews have clearly identified the consequences for patients when nurses are overtaxed or over utilized to bridge the gap of nursing shortages. According to Mckee et al, each patient added to nurses’ workloads (beyond four patients) is associated
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physician shortage rather than a surplus in the United States. The number of physicians in the United States has increased rapidly in the last four decades showing about a 218 percent increase between the years 1965 to 2005. The Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) reported in 1980 that there would be a surplus of physicians of 70,000 in 1990, and roughly 140,000 in 2000. But, by the early 2000’s some observers were raising the spectre of a physician shortage, especially
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2009 Nursing Turnover: Costs, Causes, & Solutions Steven T. Hunt, Ph.D., SPHR Director of Business Transformation SuccessFactors Inc. (www.successfactors.com) E-mail: shunt@successfactors.com Copyright © 2009 SuccessFactors, Inc. Invest in People …. Drive Business Results SuccessFactors Healthcare Executive Summary Nursing turnover is a major issue impacting the performance and profitability of healthcare organizations. Healthcare organizations require a stable, highly trained
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2020, it is predicted that there will be a 20% shortage of nurses in hospitals in the United States (Punnakitikashem 1). Short staffing in nursing has been a recurring problem since 1998 (Buerhaus et al. 854). With a constantly growing population comes an increasing number of newborns and elders that demand care from nurses around the world (Punnakitikashem vi). This constant demand places a heightened stress upon nurses in hospitals. Because a shortage is present in the United States, nurses are faced
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Health systems around the world suffer from a critical shortage of qualified nurses along with alarming turnover rates, thus impacting on patient outcomes, nursing workforce and performance of healthcare services (Tourangeau & Cranley, 2006; El-Jardali, Dimassi, Dumit, Jamal & Mouro, 2009). High employee turnover is generally associated with negative consequences for health organizations that generate a significant financial cost due to the loss of qualified personnel and the cost of attracting and
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American Sentinel University Staffing Shortage Nursing is a profession that is in demand however we have a current shortage that will increase over the coming years. Mittelman (2010) reports that we will have a short fall of at least one million nurses by the year 2020. The implications of this shortage are widespread. Consequently much attention about the nursing shortage (beside to administrative leaders) has captured the attention of health organizations
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In order to make Middlefield hospital outstanding place to work there must be something’s we need to work on which is the shortage of nurses and to improve the employee morale. These two factors must be improved in order to keep Middlefield hospital open and running and also to make the patient happy. There were some reviews on how people with the company feel. Dr. Rusty Gates which is a internist which moved his practice to a new hospital. Dr. Gates stated that the new hospital staff appear to
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Issues Affecting Nurse Retention and Nursing Leadership in the United States Today Registered nurses (RNs) make up the largest group of healthcare professionals in the United States today (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015). While the nursing profession is listed among the top occupations exhibiting job growth, nursing shortages have escalated, causing significant problems for the industry (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, 2015). Nurse turnover and nurse
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NURSES LEAVING? Nursing shortage has created a serious challenge in the health care delivery system, as there are not enough nurses to meet the patient’s demand. This shortage is a major concern in the health care system as it has a great impact on the quality of care to be provided. It was stated that by the nursing workforce in the United States, that registered nurse (RN) shortage may exceed five hundred thousand by the year 2025 (American Association of Colleges of Nursing [AACN], 2010; Cipriano
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