Workforce Shortage
Review the health care workforce shortage and its implications on America's hospitals, at the American Hospitals
Association's (AHA) website.
Select a hospital, which is not more than two hours away from your place of residence. Based on your readings and understanding, write a 3- to 4-page report in a Microsoft Word document, that includes:
A plan for a rural, medium-sized hospital to deal with short- and long-term workforce shortages.
Your plan must include the following elements:
• An introduction.
• A description of the health care workforce shortage and its implications.
• The aspects that need immediate attention and aspects that need long term attention. Provide a rationale on why these aspects need attention.
• A description of the financial implications for these issues.
• An explanation of the risks associated with these problems.
• Your recommendations to solve these problems.
• An explanation of the methods to measure the success of the plan.
• A description of the next steps, if the plan failed.
• A conclusion and a reference list.