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/WGU D269: Composition:
Writing with a Strategy Task #2
Cause and Effect 2024
Introduction:
The shortage of healthcare professionals in various fields, including doctors and nurses, poses a critical challenge to the diversity, preparedness, and quality of healthcare services on the receiving end. This essay will explore the root causes of this shortage and its consequences on healthcare services and potential solutions to address this critical challenge.
Healthcare is a steadily evolving career path, and one of the key factors is having the available resources for education. Studies show from the Health Resource and Service Administration that we need more than 17,000 primary care practitioners, 12,000 dental health practitioners, and 8,2000 mental health practitioners. (HRSA, 2023). Only 5.7% of U.S physicians are black, extending scholarship opportunities, additional courses offered in our urban
high schools, and mentor programs will create a new generation in the workforce. Allowing our healthcare provides to reflect the communities we serve will also implement trust and decrease inequities that we see in healthcare.
/WGU D269: Composition:
Writing with a Strategy Task #2
Cause and Effect 2024
Introduction:
The shortage of healthcare professionals in various fields, including doctors and nurses, poses a critical challenge to the diversity, preparedness, and quality of healthcare services on the receiving end. This essay will explore the root causes of this shortage and its consequences on healthcare services and potential solutions to address this critical challenge.
Healthcare is a steadily evolving career path, and one of the key factors is having the available resources for education. Studies show from the Health Resource and Service Administration that we need more than 17,000 primary care practitioners, 12,000 dental health practitioners, and 8,2000 mental health practitioners. (HRSA, 2023). Only 5.7% of U.S physicians are black, extending scholarship opportunities, additional courses offered in our urban
high schools, and mentor programs will create a new generation in the workforce. Allowing our healthcare provides to reflect the communities we serve will also implement trust and decrease inequities that we see in healthcare.
