Current Healthcare Issue

Introduction

Identification of a weakness in health care system can only be done through well regulated feedback systems and surveys. Identification of strengths and weaknesses of health care organization can be evaluated by monitoring elements such as:

Management team and its custody of confidence over medical staff, governing board and everyone attached to organization,

Focus of organization on best lattes ideas and the skills of management/staff to use them

Keeping an eye on balance between supply, demand and outcome of the medical facilities being provided.

Management of healthcare is one of the most challenging areas for healthcare organizations. From time to time several healthcare issues keep surfacing up. Among these increasing nursing to patient ratio is has caused a lot of trouble to the health care organizations. Nurse to patient ration has significant impact on the quality of health care being provided and thus has grave impacts on the healthcare framework. This document intends to explore the management related barriers encountered in healthcare system due to the nurse patient ratio factor. The content is planned to assist understanding of some noteworthy considerations in regards with this issue and discusses its impact on the health care system.

Discussion

Nursing is a significant branch of healthcare system. The role and responsibilities of this branch extends beyond the scope of doctrines and principles of healthcare system. Nursing management is the most vitally integral part of healthcare systems. The goals and objectives of health care nurse are to promote the health and well being of indigenous populations. They work with the honesty of purpose and pull themselves with their own bootstraps to actually provide good to the society. There is no denial to the fact that nursing is one of the most challenging occupation as nurses work to handle patients stuck with their dilemmatic life and work long hours within the stubborn psychological framework of patients. In order to reduce the burden of job and dissatisfaction owing to it in nursing profession, experts argue that there must be more nurses working in hospital per patient. This can in turn improve the quality of patient health care facilities. The number of nurses per patient is known as nurse to patient ratio.

Staffing ratios determines the effectiveness of any organization. In healthcare system it is specifically designed to improvise the quality of health care delivery and to increase nurse retention rates. For decades nurses have raised concerns in regards with inadequate staffing that threaten the safety and health of patients. With the persistent changes in the framework of healthcare, people are becoming more concerned regarding the quality of healthcare being provided to them. This issue is accompanied by the issue of nurse to patient ratio that really needs to be highlighted now.

Impact on Healthcare Management and Government Regulatory Environment

Healthcare management is directly associated with delivery of health care quality

The purpose of every health care organization is to deliver patient centered care. Nurses play a vital and critical role in this regards. Therefore the percentage of nurse working within the ...