Question

Explain how an organization’s philosophy influences nurse workload and staffing decisions, and be aware of stakeholder perspectives on staffing and workload issues. Do you have any real life experiences related to the objective? If so, explain. If you don’t have any personal experience, what specifically about the objective might provide particular challenges to you in your role as a new healthcare HRM?

Answer 1

Organization’s philosophy & nurse workload and staffing decisions.

Organization’s philosophy influences nurse workload and staffing decisions.Nursing is a high work load profession. Leaders of health care institutions must ensure that health care work force planning is a part of comprehensive strategic planning for their organizations. One of the primary concern in the philosophy of a health care organization is 'how can health care can be best administered to the greatest number of people'. Most of the employers are concerned with their profit not the well being of staffs. Money minded managements will squeeze out the employee's talent and make use them the most for achieving their goal of profit while recruiting the less number of staffs.Nurse patient ratio should be ensured by the health care institutions ,that should be based on national health ministry's standards. correct nurse patient ratio will reduce the workload of nurses. Organization’s philosophy regarding nurse workload and staffing decisions should be based on the nursing council or the government regulatory body for nurses' standards.

As a new healthcare HRM

Human Resource Management (HRM) in health care industry, handles many issues such as Recruitment, retention,termination of staff, legal issues and also keeping the customers satisfied. Health care professionals have a certain amount of pressure all the time as their work is critical to health and well being of so many. The hospital,either big or small, the HR in the health care industry feels pressure.

Challenges as a new healthcare HRM;

1. Staff shortage

2. Burn out of employees: Physical, emotional, mental exhaustion leads to decrease in quality of care provided to patients. it is directly related to work load and inadequacy of staff

3.Turn over rates: it is very difficult to retain excellent staff as there were many openings with higher pay,if the employee become unhappy or dissatisfied.

4. Training and development of employees: Carrier development and training can be costly but it is very necessary in health care to advance the knowledge and to provide quality health care.