To DR. Dan: Week 3 Discussion

 

My topic of choice is Nurses. !-2 pages is all that is needed. This is for a discussion due Friday.

 

Consider the following questions:

 

• What are the most important issues or challenges for this profession that relate to workforce planning? (Your group must identify at least one significant issue or challenge for this assignment.)
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• What aspects of the history or characteristics of this profession contribute to each challenge?
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• For each challenge, what similarities and differences can be identified from local, national, and international perspectives?
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• How does the knowledge of economics and policy that you have gained from previous courses in this MHA program inform your understanding of each challenge?
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• What strategies related to workforce planning would you recommend to address each challenge? Evaluate the intended and unintended consequences of each strategy that you recommend.
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• Why is it important for health care managers to be aware of these challenges and their implications for workforce planning?

 

Additional Resources:

 

• Web Site: World Health Organization
  http://www.who.int/hrh/migration/who_oecd_dialogue/en/
  http://www.who.int/workforcealliance/about/en/
  http://www.who.int/whr/2006/en
  http://www.who.int/topics/health_workforce/en/
  
  
• Web Site: American Medical Association Careers in Health Care
  http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/education-careers.page
• Web Site: National Institutes of Health Office of Science Education
  http://nihlifeworks.org/feature/index.htm