Excessive Workload in Healthcare: Issues and Solutions

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Main Body...................................................................................................................................................3
Physically draining..................................................................................................................................4
Non-traditional schedule..........................................................................................................................4
Solution 1................................................................................................................................................5
Solution 2................................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................7
References...................................................................................................................................................8

Introduction
Excessive workload refers when an individual faces too much workload. Here, the
individuals have huge workload on their own. Increasing workload can cause huge stress to the
employees. It becomes problem where employees face lack of support & assistance. In the
present period of time, excessive workload has become a major issues that directly affect the
potential of workforce within the organization. In context of health and social care system,
people face stress due to high workload. Nowadays, the workload on the health & social care
workers is increasing due to the increasing number of patients significantly. In current period
time, the COVID-19 has been created huge burden on the healthcare workers (Kazdin, 2017).
They need to work extra hours to provide better care to the patients. This excessive workload is
becoming the reason of burnout as well as stress at the workplace.
In context of the present report, there is discussion regarding the workload issue in
healthcare setting. The increasing workload is causing huge stress to the workforce of healthcare
organizations. With increasing number of serious diseases, the workload of the healthcare
workers is increasing significantly. Here, the increasing stress and other such issues will directly
affect the work potential of the individuals in the healthcare setting. The report is based on issues
that are being faced by the employees of health & social care due to increasing workloads. Along
with this, the study will also cover necessary solutions to resolve the problem in an efficient
manner.
Main Body
Working in health care setting is not easy as the healthcare workers have to face different
kinds of situations on regular basis. Now, the sector is full with excessive workload due to the
increasing number of patients throughout the world. In this context, the problems of working in
healthcare setting are mentioned below: