Workforce Shortage
Click here to read 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, create 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 should 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.
Support your responses with examples.
Cite any sources in APA format.
Submission Details
Name your document SU_HCM4012_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Submit your document to the W3 Assignment 2 Dropbox by Tuesday, September 5, 2017.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria | Maximum Points |
Created a plan for a rural, medium-sized hospital to deal with short- and long-term workforce shortages in the short run and in the long run. | 10 |
Provided an introduction. | 10 |
Identified and described the health care workforce shortage and its implications. | 20 |
Explained the aspects that need immediate attention and aspects that need long term attention. Provided a rationale on why these aspects need attention. | 20 |
Identified and described the financial implications for these issues. | 20 |
Identified and explained the risks associated with these problems. | 20 |
Provided your recommendations to solve these problems. | 20 |
Identified and explained methods to measure the success of the plan. | 20 |
Described your next steps, if the plan failed. | 10 |
Provided a conclusion and reference list. | 10 |
Written components. | 40 |
Total: | 200 |