Challenges Faced by Nurses in Healthcare

Running head: HEALTHCARE
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Introduction
Working at long hours in the hospital have been debated as one of the major challenges
for the nurses in the health care units of the hospitals. According to Caruso (2014) the health care
organizations often needs to provide care for the patients around the clock, thus forcing the
nurses for working beyond their shift timings for long hours. This has been a debatable issue in
the current decade because strong mental and physical health is essential for all the employees of
an organization irrespective of their position and the level of management. The nurses are no
exception to the scenario since they also deserves the right towards proper safe and healthy
living. This essay highlights the issue and the challenges faced by the nurses regarding the long
working hours and the impact it towards their health and the facilities they provide.
Situating the Topic
There has been a large number of the negative impacts of the long working hours of the
nurses in the hospital. The shift works and the long working hours tends to increase the risk
regarding the duration of short sleep and the disturbances in sleep. According to Griffiths et al.
(2014) more than thirty three percent of the workers of the health care facilities reports that they
do not get adequate sleep. The evidences in the science regarding the need of the adequate sleep
is one of the biological need for the life which is similar to the need like the drinking and eating.
These are the essential factors towards the maintenance of the health and the safe life for
working in a safe manner (McDonald & McIntyre, 2017). The sleep on the duration of the 7 to 9
hours every night is linked with the lower rate of risk regarding some of the chronic disease like
diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, cerebral vascular accidents and the myocardial infraction.
The nurses in the health care organization are mostly exposed towards the long wring hours and