Why overtime hours and unsubstantial amounts of nursing staff is not beneficial to a hospital General Patient Care Understaffing of nurses leads to inability to meet the inflow of patients Patients do not always receive care ID: 316642
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Inefficiencies of Understaffing" is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
Inefficiencies of Understaffing
Why overtime hours and unsubstantial amounts of nursing staff is not beneficial to a hospitalSlide2
General Patient Care
Understaffing of nurses leads to inability to meet the inflow of
patients.
Patients do not always receive care
quickly.
The care patients get may not be as high quality if the nurses on staff have too much of a patient
overload.
More mistakes will be made at the expense of patient
health.Slide3
Personalization
When understaffed, patients often see multiple different nurses in a
day.
These nurses may be unfamiliar with the patient
Nurses also see multiple patients, possibly with similar diseases or treatment plans.
It is easy to get confused, overload could lead to incorrect dosages or medications.Slide4
Overtime
Understaffing will cause a hospital to require nurses to work more overtime
hours.
This costs the hospital a lot more money
Overtime is usually time and a half pay
Nurses working overtime are more exhausted and quality of patient care is again sacrificed.Nurses are less healthy due to stress and exhaustion.Slide5
Nurse Health
Nurses being less healthy due to stress and overworking will lead to them taking more sick
time.
This will make the problem cyclic as other nurses will then have to cover shifts or work even more understaffed than
before.
This will also cause the hospital more money as they will have to pay sick time and overtime for covering nurses.Slide6
Mistakes and Damages
Disgruntled and overworked employees are more likely to break or damage expensive medical
equipment.
More mistakes in terms of medicine, patient diagnosis and care are made when tired or too
busy.
Will cause more law suitsCosts more money to do something twice if it is done improperly the first timeSlide7
Poor Reputation
Lack of nurses and lower patient care quality will inhibit from coming to the
hospital.
With a poor reputation potential employees may not be as willing to come to work at a
hospital.
A smaller pool of employees and a poorer reputation will result in fewer grants for the hospitals research and innovation.Slide8
Overall Cost Consequences
More money spent on correcting mistakes in patient care
More money spent on paying nurses overtime hours and sick days
More money spent to fix damaged equipment
Less income generated due to the decrease in patient influx
Less grant money awarded to the hospitalSlide9
Conclusion
The overall cost consequences of running an understaffed hospital amount to more than the costs of staffing it
adequately.
It is in a hospitals best interest to have ample staff at all
times.Slide10
Context Memo
This presentation is meant to inform people of high ranking in a hospitals administration that understaffed hospitals are not
efficient.
It could be presented in a formal manner or read online by interested
persons.
It would be available to multiple audiences.Slide11
Reflective Note
This project will be beneficial to my professional portfolio because it allows me to write in a different genre, practice presentation format and represent research in a different way. It also allows me to write in a professional manner that both a medical and general audience would understand, appreciate and
benefit from.