nurses and their perception of current nursing problems. A young nursing student asked the question: what is at least one current nursing problem that you would consider siginificant and what are your feelings about this Answer Although Im a lowly LVN, Ill still answer your question with the hope that it will help you out. I welcome the RNs to expand on what I have already conjured up. 1. The lack of respect from doctors, patients, family members, coworkers, managers, and society 2. The increase in accountability for patient outcomes, without the corresponding increase in salary 3. The fact that new nurses are churned out into the workforce every 6 months, further saturating the job market for nursing 4. The general consensus that nurses are warm bodies who simply fill shifts 5. The low workplace morale that can often be observed at many healthcare facilities 6. The low self-esteems and passive aggression of some nurses 7. The increase in lateral workplace harassment 8. The publics very outdated perception of the nursing profession 9. The fact that there is a myriad of different ways to become a nurse (LPN, ADN, BSN, MSN, Ph.d) 10. The female domination of the nursing profession 11. The desire for hospital administrators to maximize profit margins, without regard to nursing staff or patient safety 12. The practice of recruiting new nurses, rather than the retention of highly experienced nurses 13. The expectation that nurses can do it all while working understaffed, and lacking supplies 14. The lack of integrity of some members of the interdisciplinary team (i.e., the admissions rep who will allow anyone to be admitted if the insurance is good) 15. The expectation that the nurse is also the customer service rep, bellhop, concierge, waitress, clerk, messenger, courier, pillow fluffer, and receptionist allnurses/nursing-issues-patient/question-rns-current-263386.html
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