Problem with Healthcare Workforce with distribution and supply

Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT 3 PROJECT PLAN
NURSING ASSIGNMENT ASSESSMENT 3 PROJECT PLAN
Issue: “Problem with Healthcare Workforce with distribution and
supply."
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Issue or problem in Health Care Setting..........................................................................................2
Justification and Significance of the Problem.................................................................................3
Situation Assessment and all the Aspects Involved........................................................................3
Literature Analysis...........................................................................................................................7
The Optimal Workforce Required in Australia...........................................................................7
Workforce in the Nursing Sector.................................................................................................8
Evaluation of the Project-Based on Findings from the Literature.............................................10
Project Plan....................................................................................................................................10
Proposed Goal/ objectives.........................................................................................................10
Potential Causes for Problem.....................................................................................................11
Actions to be executed...............................................................................................................12
Criteria for further Reflection and Evaluation of the project....................................................12
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................13
References......................................................................................................................................15

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Introduction
Australia is one of the countries that have a health system which is publically funded. All
the Australian residents thus, can claim free treatment and have access to public healthcare
services. The healthcare sector in Australia is well equipped with all the modern resources and
good doctors. However, it faces a number of healthcare issues such as issues with equity, issues
in the research sector related to funding, urbanisation causing various health issues. This project
will focus on one of the major healthcare problems related to the country. A Problem Solving
and decision-making plan will be constructed with respect to a major healthcare issue as the
primary focus.
Issue or problem in Health Care Setting
The issue selected for the purpose of this project is "Problem with Healthcare Workforce
with distribution and supply". The set of the workforce in any healthcare system in the world
consist of an important number of elements. The elements are Medical Practitioners, Allied
Health Professionals, Physiotherapists, Various Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists,
Indigenous Health Workers, Nurses, and so on (Sturmberg et al. 2018). The net magnitude of
healthcare individuals is 450,000 (Paid). Among the 450,000 individuals, only 9% are health
professionals, while only 12% are medical practitioners and more than 50% are nurses (Segal &
Bolton, 2019). As evident from the figures, the actual amount of medical practitioners and health
professionals is a lot less than the actual required number, and the number of nurses is the
maximum according to the above-mentioned figures (Andrilla et al. 2018). Nursing workforce
exists as the majority in Australian Healthcare distribution. Moreover, the age of the Nursing

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workforce that is available and the age of the population is directly proportional. Thus, Australia
Nursing Sector is going to face a huge crisis in the near future.
Justification and Significance of the Problem
The Australian nursing workforce is the majority of the total workforce in the country. If
the Nursing workforce is deteriorated in the country, the whole healthcare sector can collapse.
The doctors and the actual medical professionals as well the hospitals are dependent majorly on
the nursing sector. Moreover, there is a rapid decline in the induction of nurses in the Australian
Nursing Sector (Fraher et al. 2016). Along with the rapid decline in the induction of new
working individuals in the sector, the existing workforce is also ageing simultaneously. Nurses
are an integral and important part of the total healthcare system, and a reduction in their
magnitude will slow down the complete healthcare sector of the country (Bates et al. 2016).
Moreover, more than 25% of the healthcare professionals in the country are not natives and
trained outside the country. AMWAC (Australian Health Workforce Advisory Committee) that
the numbers of doctors trained outside the country have rather increased (Grover et al. 2016).
Moreover, according to a recent survey conducted by Negin et al. (2013), out of the 70,230
population of medical practitioners in Australia in 2011, 53% had found to be non-native. This is
a serious issue that could cause a lot of damage to the Australian Healthcare in the coming years.
Situation Assessment and all the Aspects Involved
The issue with the Healthcare Workforce with distribution and supply is not a problem
that emerged simply out of thin air. The issue has been on the rise since the last decade and has