Terms
There is a high demand for registered nurses, but there are not enough qualified nurses to fulfill the demand.
What is Nursing Shortage
A respiratory disease discovered in 2019 that spreads mainly from person to person through respiratory droplets. Some people who are infected may be asymptomatic and others with symptoms, illness can range from mild to severe
What is Covid-19
Refers to the number of deaths that have occurred due to a specific illness or condition
What is Increased Mortality Rate
Finding the right equilibrium between work and life
What is Work-life Balance
An outbreak of a disease over an entire country or the world.
What is Pandemic
An act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the work site.
What is workplace violence/Unsafe working environment
The state of having a specific illness or condition. Refers to a condition that is chronic (long-lasting)
What is Morbidity
The biggest motivator reported by nurses to stay in the nursing field
A reduction in nurses energy that manifests in emotional exhaustion, lack of motivation, and feelings of frustration, which may lead to reductions in work efficacy.
What is Burnout
The American Association of College of Nursing reported that U.S. nursing schools turned away more than 80 thousand qualified applications from baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs in 2020 due to this reason
What is Lack of Nursing Faculty
Wrong infusion rate, administration of two does instead of one, mistaken medication, giving medication of a patient to another patient
What is Medication Error
Ensuring nurses have the proper equipment and appropriate staffing
What is Safe Working Environment
The number of patients one nurse provides care for at one time
What is Nursing-to-Patient Ratio
Over many years, we have accumulated an abundance of knowledge and have gained tremendous experience, but in 10-15 years, 1 million nurses will cease to work
What is Retirement
A patient may have a poor experience during their visit or be unhappy about some aspect of it
An important part of a high performance organization. It helps to create a healthy environment in which healthcare team members are engaged, collaborative, and committed to service. (Hint: one of Aretha Franklin's greatest songs)
What is Respect
The rate at which existing nurses remain in an organization's employment or in the field itself
What is Nurse Retention
By 2030, 1 in 6 people in the world will be aged 60 years and over. the number of people aged 80 years and older is expected to triple between 2020 and 2050 to reach 426 million.
What is Aging Population
Defined by the World Health Organization as “the prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health care”.
What is Patient Safety
Has the ability to renew a nurses commitment to their profession and increase loyalty to the nursing team and healthcare organization. This is another word for acknowledgement
What is Recognition