SOME HEALTH CARE ISSUES THAT CONCERNS PRACTICING NURSE:
OVERLOAD: Due to long working hours, more
census of patient in hospital leads to stress and concerns nurses
affect their practice.
SHORTAGE IN STAFF: This is the most important
and concern causing factor among practicing nurses. It also affects
personal and professional life as it disturbs nurse in both
areas.
LACK OF RESOURCES: Due to a shortage of PPE,
adequate working facilities, lack of resources like computers, good
conditions, less recreational activities, lack of training
education, lack of transport system all leads to concerns among
practicing nurses.
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE: We can take the example
of COVID19 as this leads to anxiety, stress, and pressure on nurses
because of insecurity and fear to get infection. This also can be
due to poor PPE quality and utilization.
NO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING: Due to no
association or union in an organisation also leads to concerns,
because due to this nurses can be deprive from their rights, poor
salary, no agreement, no negotiation all these leads to the
pressure of employers on their employees.
ETHICAL DILEMMAS: sometimes, nurse has to
follow ethical concerns over care of patient. Some times nurse find
themselves in between advocacy of patient and fear adverse career
repercussions if they do so.
WORKPLACE HAZARDS: Sometimes nurse find
themselves between workplace hazards and work. For example,
pregnant nurse is working under radiation department, they have to
change the department due to this or some time has to left the
work. Other than that it can fire, exposure to carcinoma drugs,
etc.
BOSSY INCHARGE, LACK OF MONITORING: Sometime
nurse has to face to autocratic leaders or sometime they feel lack
of supervision and monitoring on their practice. All this leads to
lack of participation in decision making and poor outcomes.
MISCOMMUNICATION: nurses has to face the
miscommunication or ineffective handovers related to patient
condition, poor attitude of doctors, one way communications all
these things leads to great concern among nurse as it affects their
practice.
POOR TRAINING AND INSERVICE EDUCATION: poor
inservice training, training leads to poor advancement and lack of
future opportunities which can be barrier in future advancement of
nurse.