Write a 5–6-page analysis of the ethical implications of inadequatestaffing in a health care organization, and describe strategies to helpplan for and avoid inadequate staffing.
Adequate levels of staffing are necessary to achieve positive patientoutcomes. Most hospitals have established their own standards ofacceptable staffing levels but cannot guarantee adequate staffing,particularly in the critical care area. Nursing shortages and budgetcuts are forcing health care organizations into uncomfortablesituations.
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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate yourproficiency in the following course competencies and assessmentcriteria:
- Competency 1: Communicate effectively in writing.
- Write coherently to support a central idea in appropriate APA formatwith correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a healthcare management professional.
- Competency 2: Apply research skills.
- Support ideas with relevant scholarly or professional resources.
- Competency 4: Understand ethical principles.
- Explain the ethics involved for staff members, the organization, and organizational leadership in a high patient to staff ratio.
- Competency 5: Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Describe a comprehensive solution to a high patient to staff ratio situation.
- Competency 6: Demonstrate an understanding of fundamentals of health care management principles.
- Explain the impact of a high patient to staff ratio on quality of patient care.
- Describe medical errors that occur as a result of a high patient to staff ratio.
- Describe strategies an organization can use to plan for and avoid high patient to staff ratio situations.
The most important strategy for a health care organization is acommitment to a culture of safety. Research the topic of patient-staffratio. You may use information from professional Web sites, but you alsomust include recent articles from peer-reviewed journals from theCapella library.
For this assessment, examine and analyze the ethical implications of inadequate staffing as you complete the following:
- Explain how a high patient to staff ratio affects patient care and the quality of that care.
- Describe the kinds of medical errors that might occur in a high patient to staff situation.
- Explain the ethical dilemma this situation poses for the following stakeholders:
- Individual staff members.
- The health care organization.
- The health care management professional.
- Explain how you would address the issue.
- Be sure to include a thorough discussion of any special training or education your plan might require.
- Describe strategies an organization might use to help plan for and avoid the situation.
Usethe resources you located to support your analysis and strategies.Your paper must be 5–6 pages in length, excluding the title page andreference page.
Additional Requirements
- Include a title page and reference page.
- Use at least three current peer-reviewed or professional resources.
- Follow APA format.
- Use 12 pt., Times New Roman font.
- Double-space.
