HLT 364 Research and Communication
Techniques in Health Care and Science
Topic 5: Assignment: Business Research Paper
Grand Canyon University
Date: March, 2020
Description:
Write a 1,250-1,500 word draft of your business research paper. Use your logic model
to develop the sequence for your paper. Include:
1. Describe the health care administration issue or barrier you are addressing.
2. Discuss resources needed, including key stakeholders, and the role they play in
your plan.
3. Identify any external or internal regulation that must be considered to ensure
compliance with any legislative, institutional, or agency policy or expectation.
4. Describe the organizational and strategical development structures/processes
that address the problem.
5. Present strategies for communicating your proposed plan
6. Use the research gathered in your literature review to provide support for paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
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Introduction
The United States is projected to experience an increase in shortage of Registered Nurses
(RN’s) that is expected to intensify, especially as Baby Boomers age and the need for healthcare
services expand. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections RN
are listed among the top jobs in terms of job growth through 2026. The RN personnel is expected
to expand from “2.9 million” to “3.4 million” in 2026, which is a significant “15%”. In addition,
the Bureau projects a significant increase in RN each year through 2026 to fill newly created
positions and to replace retiring nurses (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2020).
Presently, healthcare organizations are faced with the increasing barrier of RN shortage with an
optimal nurse to patient ratio becoming a national challenge. Finding the correct ratio without
addressing acuity should not be overlooked. Thus, serious managerial issue of shortage of RN’s
needs to be addressed because it is hurting the profitability of hospitals as the pay more for every
nurse they hire. In addition, per the American Nurses Association adequate staffing levels have
shown reduced medial and medication errors, decrease patient complications, decrease mortality,
improved patient satisfaction and improve nurse retention and job satisfaction just to name a few
(Shimp, 2017). As a result, hospital administrators are tasked with addressing this barrier in
union with stakeholders while ensuring that internal and external legislative is being meet, then
in order to create change organizational and strategical process will be discussed with the goal to
propose a plan to address the barrier of RN shortage.
Resources & Stakeholders
In any plan, resources and stakeholders are a critical to the planning phase. In regard to
increasing nursing shortages in healthcare care, there are several stakeholders involved. First,
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Techniques in Health Care and Science
Topic 5: Assignment: Business Research Paper
Grand Canyon University
Date: March, 2020
Description:
Write a 1,250-1,500 word draft of your business research paper. Use your logic model
to develop the sequence for your paper. Include:
1. Describe the health care administration issue or barrier you are addressing.
2. Discuss resources needed, including key stakeholders, and the role they play in
your plan.
3. Identify any external or internal regulation that must be considered to ensure
compliance with any legislative, institutional, or agency policy or expectation.
4. Describe the organizational and strategical development structures/processes
that address the problem.
5. Present strategies for communicating your proposed plan
6. Use the research gathered in your literature review to provide support for paper.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
1
, 2
Introduction
The United States is projected to experience an increase in shortage of Registered Nurses
(RN’s) that is expected to intensify, especially as Baby Boomers age and the need for healthcare
services expand. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections RN
are listed among the top jobs in terms of job growth through 2026. The RN personnel is expected
to expand from “2.9 million” to “3.4 million” in 2026, which is a significant “15%”. In addition,
the Bureau projects a significant increase in RN each year through 2026 to fill newly created
positions and to replace retiring nurses (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2020).
Presently, healthcare organizations are faced with the increasing barrier of RN shortage with an
optimal nurse to patient ratio becoming a national challenge. Finding the correct ratio without
addressing acuity should not be overlooked. Thus, serious managerial issue of shortage of RN’s
needs to be addressed because it is hurting the profitability of hospitals as the pay more for every
nurse they hire. In addition, per the American Nurses Association adequate staffing levels have
shown reduced medial and medication errors, decrease patient complications, decrease mortality,
improved patient satisfaction and improve nurse retention and job satisfaction just to name a few
(Shimp, 2017). As a result, hospital administrators are tasked with addressing this barrier in
union with stakeholders while ensuring that internal and external legislative is being meet, then
in order to create change organizational and strategical process will be discussed with the goal to
propose a plan to address the barrier of RN shortage.
Resources & Stakeholders
In any plan, resources and stakeholders are a critical to the planning phase. In regard to
increasing nursing shortages in healthcare care, there are several stakeholders involved. First,
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