Nurse to Patient Ratios Fixed to Reduce Nurse Burnout and Turnover Dear Assemblywoman Solages,
Senate Bill S1032 addresses the nurse-to-patient ration in New York by mandating that a “safe staffing for quality care” standard be defined and implemented for nurse practitioners (NPs) in the state. Specifically, the legislation if passed would “require acute care facilities and nursing homes to implement certain direct-care nurse to patient ratios in all nursing units; sets minimum staffing requirements; requires every such facility to submit a documented staffing plan to the department on an annual basis and upon application for an operating certificate” (Senate Bill S1032, 2020). This is an important bill because it ensures both that patients are adequately provided for and that nurses are not overworked or pushed towards burnout. Considering how high the turnover rate is in the nursing field, it is about time that our legislators address the issue of patient safety and…...

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References

Livanos, N. (2018). A broadening coalition: Patient safety enters the Nurse-to-Patient ratio debate. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 9(1), 68-70.

McHugh, M. D., Aiken, L. H., Windsor, C., Douglas, C., & Yates, P. (2020). Case for hospital nurse-to-patient ratio legislation in Queensland, Australia, hospitals: an observational study. BMJ open, 10(9), e036264.

Senate Bill S1032. (2020). Retrieved from  

Shin, S., Park, J. H., & Bae, S. H. (2018). Nurse staffing and nurse outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Nursing Outlook, 66(3), 273-282.

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s1032 

Introduction
What causes staffing shortages in the field of nursing? Staffing shortages can be the result of many variables—turnover, unmet demand for services due to a lack of RNs, overwork (nurses calling in sick), and so on. Buchan (2002) identified the problem of staffing shortages in nursing as having an underlying cause in the nature of the health system itself as well as a social one: “Nursing in many countries continues to be undervalued as women’s work, and nurses are given only limited access to resources to make them effective in their jobs and careers” (p. 751). This is especially true in countries like Saudi Arabia, where nursing is viewed as woman’s work but is not valued highly by society—though it is recognized as being highly needed (Alyami & Watson, 2014). To address the issue of staffing shortages, the Institute of Medicine (IOM, 2012) has called for more nurses to achieve…...

The Growing Crisis of Nursing Shortages
Nursing shortages have become a pressing concern in healthcare systems worldwide, affecting the quality of patient care and putting additional strain on an already overburdened healthcare workforce. The shortage of registered nurses is a complex issue with far-reaching implications for both healthcare providers and patients.

There are several factors contributing to the ongoing nursing shortage. One of the primary causes is the aging population of registered nurses, many of whom are reaching retirement age and leaving the workforce. This, combined with an increasing demand for healthcare services due to population growth and aging, has created a significant gap in the number of nurses available to meet the needs of patients.

Another factor exacerbating the nursing shortage is the lack of qualified nursing faculty to educate the next generation of nurses. Many nursing schools are unable to accept all qualified applicants due to inadequate resources, such as faculty…...

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Primary Sources

Survey data collected from nurses by the American Nurses Association (ANA) regarding current nursing staffing levels and job satisfaction.

American Nurses Association. \"2022 National Nursing Workforce Survey.\" American Nurses Association, 2022.

Testimony from a hospital administrator addressing a U.S. congressional committee on health regarding the impact of nursing shortages on patient care.

Smith, John A. \"Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.\" U.S. Senate, 24 Mar. 2022.

Internal report from a healthcare facility detailing turnover rates, causes for leaving, and measures taken to retain nursing staff.

Nursing Shortage
eview On Nurses Shortage

The supply of professional nurses relative to the increase in demand for their services has been on a general decline over the years. As a career choice, nursing has been facing perennial shortage of professionals. Most healthcare organizations will affirm that their daunting tasks were recruiting fresh nurses and retaining the ones already in practice. The 2008 projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the demand for professional nurses would increase from the then two million to three million, which represents sixty percent increment. In ideal situations, the number of those who have enrolled in nursing will be sufficient to supply the rise in their number. Nevertheless, this would not be the case if nothing were done to salvage the worrying trend of most students not graduating or resorting to other careers. According to Benjamin Isgur of PWHC Health and esearch Institute, of the…...

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References

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2009, September, 28). Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet. USA: AACN.

Buerhaus, P.I., Staiger, D., & Auerbach, D.I. (2009). The future of the nursing workforce in the United States: Data, trends, and implications. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Blakeley, J., & Ribeiro, V. (2008). Early Retirement among Registered Nurses: Contributing Factors. Journal of Nursing Management, 16(1), 29 -- 37

Cummings, G., et al. (2008). The Relationship between Nursing Leadership and Nurses' Job Satisfaction in Canadian Oncology Work Environments. Journal of Nursing Management, 16(5), 508 -- 518.

Nursing Dilemma
Research and Nursing Questions

Research is a complex and nuanced concept which means that one approach might not, in and of itself, answer the full scope of one's research questions. This is why it can sometimes be useful to combine Quantitative and Qualitative research strategies. This can help to provide a multidimensional perspective on a given research problem. The text by Bennett & Braumoller (2006) refers to the combination of these approaches as a Mixed Methods research strategy.

The use of Mixed Method research strategies is based on the view that researcher can produce greater on a subject by varying the approaches which are used to collect data. The idea that both qualitative and quantitative data gathering processes can produce a more expansive data set is driven by the understanding that there are often distinct limitations in the conclusions we can make from narrowly framed research investigations. (Bennett & Braumoller, p.…...

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Works Cited:

Bennett, A. & Braumoller, B. (2006). Where the Model Frequently Meets the Road: Combining Statistic [al,] Formal and Case Study Methods. APSA manuscript.

Media Relations. (2004). Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet. American Association of Colleges of Nursing

Technology-based teaching strategies can greatly accelerate the how both teaching and learning occur and therefore often reduce traditional issues and concerns faced by students and instructors. This approach changes the conventional way of thinking about how quality nursing programs are assessed and changes the levels of requirements to better suit student learning with better access to libraries, counseling and tutoring services, computing equipment, tuition, and financial aid to name a few.
But where this Associates Degree approach will benefit the profession most is in the healthcare system where it is needed most. New nurses will be better acclimated to the needs of sophisticated logging processes, medical billing and inventory as well as scheduling and other tasks now all handled via digital processing and computer. A modern day nurses are more technologically sophisticated, the overall patient care process also gets better as more available free time is offered back to the…...

Nursing Organization
The Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs (NOVA)

Purpose, Mission and Vision

NOVA exists to fulfill a very important function in the United States: Providing healthcare services to the nation's war veterans. To be able to do this, the organization's mission is to "shape and influence healthcare in the Department of Verterans Affairs (NOVA Foundation, 2012).

NOVA's vision has six components:

To provide high quality nursing care.

To provide nurses with an optimal work environment.

To keep nurses informed on relevant issues regarding VA health care and nursing.

To create opportunities for VA nurses to function at the leadership level.

To recruit all VA nurses for NOVA membership.

Advantages of Membership

The most obvious benefit of membership is the ability to connect with other members, who can offer support for specific challenges related to the professions. This opportunity to work with others also strengthens the ability of the VA nurse to provide a high level of quality in the care…...

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References

Meyers, S. (2003, Oct. 2). Nurse Shortage: Recruitment and Retention. Statement of The Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs (NOVA) Before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Retrieved from: http://democrats.veterans.house.gov/hearings/schedule108/oct03/10-2-03/smyers.pdf

Nova Foundation (2012). Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved from: http://www.vanurse.org/

United States Department of Veterans Affairs. (2012, Jun. 4). NOVA Foundation Scholarship. Retrieved from:  http://www.va.gov/NURSING/nova.asp

In what ways did the wave of the nursing shortage in the 1980's and in 2000 support or constrain theoretical thinking? Why? Are there ways to influence the cycle of shortage and theoretical thinking? Identify one nursing theorist that would support your discussion/views. Provide rationale for selection of theorist.

Nursing shortages have been a problem in this country for a long time. It has been found that because of these shortages there needed to be a better way to incorporate theoretical thinking into nursing education so that nurses are better prepared to be the best that they can be. The accomplishment of critical thinking abilities has been recognized as an essential product of undergraduate nursing teaching. It has been found that nursing scholars learn best by way of experiential education. Kolb's experiential learning theory is the basis for a practice incorporation technique intended to offer critical thinking skills in undergraduate nursing…...

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References

Experiential Learning (Kolb). (2008). Retrieved September 30, 2010, from Web site:

 http://www.learning-theories.com/experiential-learning-kolb.html 

Kim, Hesook Suzie. (2010). The Nature of Theoretical Thinking in Nursing. Retrieved September 29, 2010, from Web site:

 http://www.springerpub.com/samples/9780826105875_chapter.pdf

The survey population included hospital administrators and physicians as well as registered and practicing nurses, and as such it provides a comprehensive view of this issue. The research was also able to not certain key differences in perception amongst these groups as to thee likely effects of an ongoing nursing shortage, including some major differences in perception between nurses and hospital administrators, and it is suggested that this will serve as a barrier to implementing necessary changes; working to bring expectations of all stakeholders more in line would be ideal, and this research can accomplish this and ground perceptions in empirical evidence.
Buerhaus, P. (2011). Nurses Assess the Impact of the Shortage of RNs on Hospitals,

Nurses, and Quality of Patient Care. Sigma Theta Tau Biennial Convention

[conference paper].

In this research, also a survey study that aimed to obtain qualitative results regarding nurse stress and reactions to the nursing shortage but supplemented…...

Nurse Patient atios and Quality of Care
This study reviews the broad level of issues that surround the nurse/patient ratio: a critical shortage of trained and experienced nurses; increased political and fiscal demands from all sectors of society; rising costs internally and externally combined with a rising number of under-insured; and the conundrum of nursing ethics and the ability to foster excellence in care and patient advocacy. We note that there remains an issue about hiring more nurses -- where will these nurses come from if the nursing schools do not increase their recruitment efforts and broaden their curriculum. In addition, we note that the large majority of patients and stakeholders primarily want two things when admitted to a healthcare facility: better paid nurses and more highly-trained professionals who are satisfied with their vocation.

Introduction

Modern nursing is, by necessity, a mixture of complex balance: patient care vs. staffing; procedures vs. patient load;…...

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More Nurses Make the Difference. (February 2012). The Lamp. 69 (1): Retrieved from: http://search.informit.com/au/documentSummary;dn=045435426132502;res=IELHEA

Safe Nurse Staffing: Looking Beyond the Numbers. (2009). Vantage Point, CNA. Retrieved from: -_Looking_Beyond_the_Raw_Numbers_2009-pdf&folder=pdfs/db/newslettershttps://www.nso.com/pdfs/db/newsletters/Safe_Nurse_Staffing_-_Looking_Beyond_the_Raw_Numbers_20094.pdf?fileName=Safe_Nurse_Staffing_

Aiken, L. (2001). The Hospital Nurse Workforce: Problems and Prospects."Draft

For the Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change. Retrieved from:  / Council-Dec-14-2001-Aiken-paper.pdfhttp://council.brandeis.edu/pubs/hospstruct 

The Shared Governance arrangement:
offers an apparatus for registered nurses to show guidance in the development of practice decisions authorizes all nursing staff to add to work redesign advances the quality of patient and family outcomes.

In the shared governance arrangement, the staff nurses are a big piece of the course, designated and chosen from their units to stand for an area of practice on one of many councils. it's all about shared choice making and authorizing staff nurses to affect their practice atmosphere and have a say in unit choices (Shared Governance at Henry Ford Hospital, 2011).

A new nursing deficiency is revitalizing shared governance. This pioneering organizational model gives staff nurses power over their practice and can expand their affect into administrative areas formerly controlled solely by managers. But nursing shared governance is tough to describe. Its configurations and procedures are dissimilar in every business. Shared governance, is an organizational…...

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References

Drenkard, Karen. (2010). Going for the gold: The value of attaining Magnet recognition.

Retrieved February 18, 2011, from Web site:

 http://www.americannursetoday.com/article.aspx?id=6378&fid=6276 

Estlund, Sarah. (2010). List of Nursing Labor Unions. Retrieved February 17, 2011, from Web

Nursing Problem: Shortage of Nurses in Healthcare
Nursing Shortage

The researcher works at Phoebe Memorial Hospital, where there is an extreme nursing shortage. Without an adequate amount of nurses, patient care and safety may turn out to be compromised, while nurses themselves may be stunned, upset, and dissatisfied. At the researcher's workplace, high patient-to-nurse ratios has been displaying that there is a lot of frustration and job burnout, which is linked to higher yield. At Phoebe, there is an inadequately staffed nursing force which has been discovered to play a negative part in patient results. In difference, studies have confirmed that hospitals like Phoebe Memorial Hospital with low nurse turnover are the ones that have the lowest rates of risk-adjusted death and severity-adjusted span of stay.

There is no very exact way of describing the concept of nursing shortage at the Phoebe Memorial Hospital Phoebe, but a report of this idea can offer…...

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References

NURSING PROBLEM: SHORTAGE OF NURSES

Nursing Staff Levels Affect Patient Mortality
Managing unnecessary variability in patient demand to reduce nursing stress and improve patient safety.

Litvak, E., Buerhaus, P.I., Davidoff, F., Long, M.C., McManus, M.L. & Berwick, D.M.

Date of publication: June 2005

Examination of the operational issues affecting health care delivery, including patient driven peaks in demand and effects of nursing shortages or inadequate staffing on clinical outcomes for patients.

esearch question and/or hypothesis:

In this study the researchers propose that increases in adverse clinical outcomes occur when hospital nurse staffing is inadequate. Further the researchers suggest that increases in census rates increase the potential for serious stresses for patients and nurses working in the field. Lastly the researchers suggest that if hospitals reduce unnecessary variability of staff levels in a hospital, the hospital can reduce the probability of negative patient outcomes, improve safety for patients and improve the overall quality of care.

Sample and Sample Size:

In this study the…...

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References:

Aikan, L.H., Clarke, S.P., Sloane, D.M, Sochalski, J. & Silber, J.H. (2002 -- Oct).

"Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout and job dissatisfaction." JAMA, 288(16): 1987-93.

Halm, M., Peterson, M., Kandels, M., Sabo, J., Blalock, M., Braden, R., Gryczman, A.,

Krisko-Hagel, K., Larson, D., Lemay, D., Sisler, B., Strom, L., Topham, D. (2005 -- Sept). "Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, emotional exhaustion and job dissatisfaction." Clin Nurse Spec, 19(5): 241-5.

If nursing students are being asked to absorb 30-40% more information during undergraduate years, it is logical to see that they do so early in their academic career -- almost as a prerequisite for more advanced practicum.
Then, of course, there is the matter of the learning curve in professional education. If one compares schooling for registered nurses with that of physician's assistants or physicians, one often sees a growing gap between the clinical abilities of nursing staff and actual patient care needs. This cause has been attributed to deficiencies in some skill sets of new graduates -- which has the effect of pushing nursing schools and curriculum toward more robust materials (Berkow, Virkstsis, Sewart, and Conway, 2008). However, is the solution simply adding more materials to memorize and read, or might it be more efficient to take a look at the time frame of the educational experience and ask…...

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REFERENCES

Berkow, Virkstsis, Sewart, and Conway. (2008). Assessing New Graduate Nurse Performance. Journal of Nursing Administration, 38(11), 468-74.

Burritt and Steckel. (2009). Supporting the Learning Curve for Contemporary Nursing Practice. Journal of Nursing Administration, 39(11), 479-84.

Heller, Oros, and Durney-Crowley. (2009, July 30). The Future of Nursing Education: Ten Trends to Watch. Retrieved September 20, 2010, from http://www.nln.org/nlnjournal/infotrends.htm

Holzmer, W. (2006). Quality in Graduate Nursing Education. Nursing Education Perspectives, 26(4), 236-43.

The shortage of nursing staff remains a major challenge in the U.S. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2014), the shortage is expected to be even greater in the next one decade or so. The shortage has been fuelled by factors such as reduced enrolment into nursing schools, increased retirement of the nursing workforce, as well as higher demand for healthcare due to population ageing and greater incidence of lifestyle diseases (AACN, 2014).
The shortage of nursing staff has severe implications for the nursing workforce. A high number of patients relative to nursing staff often translate to increased workload for nurses. Indeed, nurses continue to grapple with unhealthily lengthy work shifts, often stretching up to 12-13 hours. It is an issue that has sparked a great deal of debate given the connection between excessive workload and nurse outcomes. Literature extensively demonstrates that excessive workload as a result…...

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I. Introduction

1. Main Factors Contributing to Nursing Shortages

1. Inadequate Staffing Levels in Healthcare Facilities
2. Aging Nursing Workforce Leading to Retirement
3. High Nursing Burnout Rates

2. Impact of Nursing Shortages on Patient Care

1. Increased Patient Wait Times and Decreased Quality of Care
2. Risk of Medical Errors Due to Overworked Nurses

II. Reasons for Persistent Nursing Shortages

1. Economic Factors

1. High Cost of Nursing Education Dissuading Potential Students
2. Salary Disparity Between Nursing and Other Healthcare Professions

2. Work Environment Issues

1. Lack of Recognition and Support for Nurses
2. Job Stress....

1. Implementing flexible scheduling and offering work-life balance options can help address nursing shortages by attracting and retaining qualified nurses in healthcare settings.

2. Increasing funding for nursing education programs and offering tuition assistance can help alleviate nursing shortages by encouraging more individuals to pursue a career in nursing.

3. Collaborating with nursing schools to increase clinical placement opportunities and streamline the transition from education to practice can help address nursing shortages in healthcare settings.

4. Implementing mentorship programs and providing ongoing professional development opportunities can help retain experienced nurses and address nursing shortages in healthcare settings.

5. Investing in....