When reaching out to the Medical field for any type of health issues the patient expects the unsurpassed quality of care possible, but how is that possible in todays society if we have a labor and skill shortage within our healthcare systems? The shortage of labor and skills are a compliance issue that are frequently happening. These shortages range from anything in between certified nursing assistants to doctors. The labor and skill shortage within the hospital systems across the nation oppose a threat to the patients. The patients can be put into safety hazards which then can worsen their care causing the hospital more money, one of the reasons for hospitals not hiring more staff to have safer nurse to patient ratios is because hospitals would have to pay more staff. If having patients fall out of bed due to not having adequate staff is costing hospitals mo
re money, why wouldnt they rather spend the extra money to hire more staff instead of eating the cost of patients falling. It would be a win-win situation, less patient falls and nurses working in more suitable working conditions. The shortage puts the staff in safety risk also due to their work conditions not being up to the safest factors. While working in the hospital patient safety was something that was always preached, but how do you keep patients safe and tend to all of their needs while having 8-0 patients to tend to a day? Having 8-0 patients a day allows for staff to get the job done, just getting the job doesnt always mean that its done right putting patients at risk for injury. People will continue to need hospitals for their health needs, so if the labor and skill shortage is not corrected patient care within hospital systems will keep declining.