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History and Process of Nursing Research, Evidence-Based Nursing Practice, and Quantitative and Qualitative Research Process: Nurse staffing
Staffing in nursing is a century-old challenge faced by the united states. The history of the problems spans decades of systematic attempts to review and address the situation but to no avail. Healthcare systems and technologies have evolved over the decades. The need for patient-centered and evidence-based health care practice creates the need for better-trained nurses. Over the decades, the number of registered nurses has increased to more than three million (“Where Did All the Nurses Go?”, 2021). Therefore, it is presumptuous to assume the current staffing crisis is dependent on the number of registered nurses in the united states. The staffing phenomenon is more of a socioeconomic cause, increase in population, and the appreciation of evidence-based care. In addition, from the 1980s, the increase in lifestyle conditions has been a significant factor that has put pressure on nursing as a healthcare concept. Inadequate staffing predisposes healthcare systems to numerous shocks that involve patient negligence, accidents, and constant burnouts that frustrate the gains made in healthcare, as evidenced by the Covid 19 health crisis. (Nursing Homework)
The current strategy towards addressing the challenge of nursing included increasing the number of the student body who translate to more nurses in the workforce. The government has implemented nurses to increase the number of nurses by expanding the international employment of nurses from other nations (“Where Did All the Nurses Go?”, 2021). The increase has provided a significant boost to the nursing profession that the problems seem to be ever ballooning. In addition, the socioeconomic dynamics and the increase in lifestyle conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and numerous cancers of the body continue to put pressure on healthcare systems. The question shifts from increasing the number of nurses to addressing the population health concerns. It will require a paradigm shift couple population education of preventive measures to socioeconomic health concerns. The is a need for research into the efficacy of such an approach to reduce the influx of patients with preventable conditions in hospitals.
References
Davidson, P. M., & Szanton, S. L. (2020). Nursing homes and COVID‐19: We can and should do better. Journal of clinical nursing.
Where Did All the Nurses Go?. Nursing.upenn.edu. (2021). Retrieved 19 September 2021, from https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/workforce-issues/where-did-all-the-nurses-go/.
