Nursing Shortage is Scary

Scary News...

The number of working nurses is decreasing due to burnout. The nurses that are currently practicing are aging and will eventually retire. This means that there will not be enough nurses to care for the increase in patients, especially, the baby boomers. Also, nurses will have less and less time to spend at the bedside with his/her patient's, which will decrease the quality of patient care given. And the scariest thing is that the nursing shortage will lead to an increase in patient mortality rates. I'm glad I'm in nursing to help out. The more nurses the better!

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Technology Aids in Provision of Health Care

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I personally believe that technology is helping when it comes to overcoming communication barriers in health care. There are many tools that have been developed through the use of technology that aid the nurse in providing the best care possible for his/her patients. Some of these developments include the Electronic Health Record (EHR), barcode technology for pharmaceuticals/medications, telehealth nursing and Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) usage. Everyone who has access to a computer can access the patient’s files, which decreases communication barriers between health care providers. The use of these tools saves the amount of time it takes to review patient’s files and medications, which leads to better and more time efficient patient care.

An example of an EHR is shown in the picture above.

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