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Application of Systems Theory in Amsterdam Nursing Home
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Application of Systems Theory in Amsterdam Nursing Home
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Running header: APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS THEORY1Application of Systems Theory in Amsterdam Nursing HomeStudent’s NameUniversity
APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS THEORY2Application of Systems Theory in Amsterdam Nursing HomeShortage of nurses has increasingly been a problem in the United States hospitals for a long time. Currently the statistics indicate a 7.2% shortage with a possibility of this increasing further shortly. The increasing old age population in the United States has led to an increasing need for nursing staff in many hospitals in the country[ CITATION Den17\l 1033 ]. Amsterdam Nursing Home is one of the largest health facilities in the country with over 600 beds that require adequate nursing staff. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported that between 2014 and 2022 the country will realize a nursing shortage of 1.2 million staffs which will affect every healthcare facility (Buerhaus, Donelan, Ulrich, Norman, DesRoches & Dittus, 2007). Systems theory is used in understanding how organizations operate through an energetic input and output system that ensures stability and sustainability of processes. This essay analyses shortage of nursing staff in Amsterdam Nursing Home.Meyer & O’Brien-Pallas (2010) suggest that a system way of thinking views an organization as consisting of inputs, throughput, output, cycles of events, and negative feedback that are related to keeping the whole system running. Inputs will consist of the nursing staff that are employed by the organization, the patients they serve and other materials like documentation and supplies that are used as tools by the nurses. Throughput entails the system processes that patients go through from registration into the facility all the way to discharge time. Since there are limited nursing staff, one nurse is supposed to handle only one station but Amsterdam nursing home has situations where one patient handles more than one station thus keeping some patients waiting.
APPLICATION OF SYSTEMS THEORY3Outputs are the benefits that patients realize from the hospital. Due to lack off enough nursing staff, the hospital reports delays in serving patients which affect the overall output level of the organization. System as a cycle of events entails sustainability of the system through repeat the same activities over similar output characteristics or new characteristics[ CITATION Car07 \l 1033 ]. There are standard nursing procedures like collecting patient information to allocate a physician. Since the processesare standardized, they are repeated activities that have to be done every time a new case is administered. Negative feedback systems are used to improve system running through analyzing performance indicators. Amsterdam Nursing home has a feedback mechanism for analyzing howthe organization performs (Amsterdam Nursing Home, 2017). Shortage of nurses is one of policy issues affecting the healthcare system in the United States [ CITATION Buc10 \l 1033 ]. This means that the hospital has to develop plans to address the clinical shortage through utilizing the available human resource personnel. Hiring new nurses may not be the best solution since the country is encountering a nursing shortage. Systems theory approaches this issue by identifying the organization as an open system with inputs and outputs. Under normal circumstances, inputs and outputs need to be balanced to achieve stability and sustainability of the system. This is through aset of outcomes, goals, objectives and professional standards that can be put in place to address staff shortage without necessarily hiring new ones.Desired outcomesa)Reduced patient waiting time.
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