NURS 6053 WEEK 1 Review of Current Healthcare Issues

NURS 6053 WEEK 1 Review of Current Healthcare Issues

Review of Current Healthcare Issues

Patients should receive high-quality care in safe environments. However, multiple healthcare issues impede healthcare organizations’ ability to achieve this goal while increasing management costs, among other adverse outcomes. A national healthcare issue significantly affecting the work setting is a nursing shortage. In the United States, the nursing shortage is a multifaceted problem caused by the influx of patients in healthcare facilities, high nurse turnover, an aging population, and poor working conditions (Hamlin, 2023; Tamata et al., 2023). Potential impacts of the nursing shortage on the work setting include increased nurse burnout, patient dissatisfaction with care, overcrowding, and extended hospital stays. Understanding the complexity and multidimensional nature of the issue can help healthcare leaders implement sustainable solutions to mitigate its effects on patients, the nursing workforce, and healthcare organizations.

Social determinants of health (SDOH) affect the nursing shortage in various dimensions. For instance, problems increasing vulnerability to chronic diseases lead to a proportional increase in the number of patients seeking care in healthcare settings (Barrio-Cortes et al., 2021). Environments characterized by poor access to healthy foods and facilities that promote physical activities increase the risk of lifestyle diseases. Inadequate access to care increases the risk of hospitalization for preventable diseases. Education also influences health choices, including practices, behaviors, and decisions regarding when and where to seek healthcare support.

Healthcare settings respond differently to the nursing shortage. Broome and Marshall (2021) mentioned the practicality of telemedicine, collaborative care, and new models in response to the shortage of primary care providers. In the current workplace, nurse empowerment programs to prevent nurse turnover play a significant role in addressing the nursing shortage problem. Besides, there is an intensified effort to provide tech-based care to improve access to care and reduce physical patient visits in the facility. Supportive leadership also helps healthcare workers to understand and respond to work-related stress (Greco et al., 2022). More leadership support is among the changes needed to enable the current workforce to respond to stressors related to the nursing shortage and work optimally.

References

Barrio-Cortes, J., Soria-Ruiz-Ogarrio, M., Martínez-Cuevas, M., Castaño-Reguillo, A., Bandeira-de Oliveira, M., Beca-Martínez, M. T., … & Jaime-Sisó, M. Á. (2021). Use of primary and hospital care health services by chronic patients according to risk level by adjusted morbidity groups. BMC health services research, 21, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07020-z

Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.

Greco, E., Graziano, E. A., Stella, G. P., Mastrodascio, M., & Cedrone, F. (2022). The impact of leadership on perceived work-related stress in healthcare facilities organizations. Journal of organizational change management, 35(4/5), 734-748. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-07-2021-0201

Hamlin, K. (2023). Why is there a nursing shortage? Nurse Journal. https://nursejournal.org/articles/why-is-there-a-nursing-shortage/

Tamata, A. T., & Mohammadnezhad, M. (2023). A systematic review study on the factors affecting shortage of nursing workforce in the hospitals. Nursing open, 10(3), 1247-1257. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1434

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Review of Current Healthcare Issues

If you were to ask 10 people what they believe to be the most significant issue facing healthcare today, you might get 10 different answers. Escalating costs? Regulation? Technology disruption? Social Determinant such as environment/community, education, access/quality to healthcare?

These and many other topics are worthy of discussion. Not surprisingly, much has been said in the research, within the profession, and in the news about these topics. Whether they are issues of finance, quality, workload, or outcomes, there is no shortage of changes to be addressed.

In this Discussion, you examine a national healthcare issue and consider how that issue may impact your work setting. You also analyze how your organization has responded to this issue.

Resources

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

WEEKLY RESOURCES

To Prepare:

• Review the Resources and select one current national healthcare issue/stressor to focus on.
• Reflect on the current national healthcare issue/stressor you selected and think about how this issue/stressor may be addressed in your work setting.

By Day 3 of Week 1

Post a description of the national healthcare issue/stressor you selected for analysis, and explain how the healthcare issue/stressor may impact your work setting. Which social determinant(s) most affects this health issue? Then, describe how your health system work setting has responded to the healthcare issue/stressor, including a description of what changes may have been implemented. Be specific and provide examples.

By Day 6 of Week 1

Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days who chose a different national healthcare issue/stressor than you selected. Explain how their chosen national healthcare issue/stressor may also impact your work setting and what (if anything) is being done to address the national healthcare issue/stressor.

Learning Resources

Required Readings

• Broome, M., & Marshall, E. S. (2021). Transformational leadership in nursing: From expert clinician to influential leader (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer.
  • Chapter 2, “Transformational Leadership: Complexity, Change, and Strategic Planning” (pp. 34–62)
  • Chapter 3, “Current Challenges in Complex Health Care Organizations and the Quadruple Aim” (pp. 66–97)

Read any TWO of the following (plus TWO additional readings on your selected issue):

• Amalberti, R., Vincent, C., Nicklin, W., & Braithwaite, J. (2019). Coping with more people with more illness Part 1: The nature of the challenge and the implications for safety and quality.

• Links to an external site. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 31(2), 154–158.
• Bangani, R. G., Menon, V., & Jovanov, E. (2021). Personalized stress monitoring AI system for healthcare workers
• Links to an external site.. 2021 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), 2021 IEEE International Conference On, 2992–2997.
• Carter, M. W., & Busby, C. R. (2023). How can operational research make a real difference in healthcare? Challenges of implementation
• Links to an external site.. European Journal of Operational Research, 306(3), 1059–1068.
• Dixon-Woods, M., McNicol, S., & Martin, G. (2012, October 1). Ten challenges in improving quality in healthcare: lessons from the Health Foundation’s programme evaluations and relevant literature
• Links to an external site.. BMJ Quality & Safety, 21(10), 876.
• Gjellebæk, C., Svensson, A., Bjørkquist, C., Fladeby, N., & Grundén, K. (2020). Management challenges for future digitalization of healthcare services
• Links to an external site.. Futures, 124.
• Greco, E., Graziano, E. A., Stella, G. P., Mastrodascio, M., & Cedrone, F. (2022). The impact of leadership on perceived work-related stress in healthcare facilities organisations
• Links to an external site.. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 35(4/5), 734-748.
• Hale, K. (2021). Benefits and challenges of social media in health care
• Links to an external site.. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 44(3), 309–315.
• Navaz, A. N., Serhani, M. A., El Kassabi, H. T., Al-Qirim, N., & Ismail, H. (2021). Trends, technologies, and key challenges in smart and connected healthcare
• Links to an external site.. IEEE Access, Access, IEEE, 9, 74044–74067.
• Slonim, A. (2023). Top challenges facing healthcare: Back to basics

• Links to an external site.. Physician Leadership Journal, 10(2), 12–14. https://doi.org/10.55834/plj.2064149664

Academic Support Resources

• Respond to the Assignment Prompt

• Links to an external site.
• Navigate OASIS Resources
• Links to an external site.
• Paraphrase and Summarize Information
• Links to an external site.
• Locate, Cite, and Reference Journal Articles
• Links to an external site.
• Organize and Develop Paragraphs
• Links to an external site.
• Cite and Reference Learning Resources

• Links to an external site.

Required Media

• Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2015). Leading in Healthcare Organizations of the Future [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

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