Contemporary Issues in Nursing: Canadian Healthcare and International Nurse Recruitment

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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN NURSING
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Question 1
Discuss the statement: "Canadian healthcare and the national Medicare program continue
to have significant problems with the delivery of health care services in the second decade
of the 21't century.
Canadian healthcare system is facing a lot of problems in delivering healthcare services today.
Tommy Douglas created a Medicare system whose objective was to provide high-quality
services for all Canadians. However, the system collapsed, and it is no longer in the same
position. Canadians are proud of their health care system, but they are worried about the future of
the system. This is because a study conducted by commonwealth Canada was ranked six out of
seven other countries. Drastic changes in the patient’s population is bringing a lot of challenges
in the health care system of Canada because it forces the healthcare system to address a more
culturally diverse population with various needs (Lewis, 2015). This population is made up of
the graying baby boomer generation and geographic challenges of different communities across
the country. The healthcare system has become more complex, and it needs more innovative
solutions to solve the problems. The healthcare system in Canada is very much unstable, which
means the health care system is spending a lot of capital which has dramatically affected the
growth of the economy in the country. The increased expenditure is caused by inflation and an
increase in the size of the population which has led to long waits in the emergency departments
due to unavailable hospital beds for patients (Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017). The healthcare system
of Canada is experiencing challenges in recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals.
This is because, with the aging population, there is a decrease in some healthcare professionals
which means in there are not enough physicians who can deliver health care services to the
increasing population in the country.

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Canada has been facing a lot of challenges in providing information and education to the
public. The country should actively participate in comprehensive programs to inform the
consumers and citizens’ dietary recommendations and about some ways in which they can
improve their eating patterns, but this has not been the case (Hawkins, Virani & Ceconi, 2013). It
is the role of the country to health care professionals on what diet recommendation they should
give a patient according to their health condition. Consumers in Canada have not been given
some principles which should guide them on what to eat instead of taking foodstuffs which are
high in calories and can bring health complications into their bodies. The country does not allow
citizens to have a choice. It is the role of the state to ensure that clients have a lot of options
which they can take and be very significant to them. Healthcare professionals should be able to
have alternatives in the kinds of medication and treatment they offer to patients. This helps them
to be able to use a different type of treatment in case one fails, and it is, therefore, the role of
these associations to ensure that they provide a variety of medications to healthcare institutions
of Canada (Bowen & Graham, 2013). In Canada, citizens do not have access to health-promoting
services which can enhance their health, and thus people from poor background have to suffer
due to the high cost of health care services rendered in the country.
Question 2
Discuss some of the advantages and drawbacks to the recruitment of internationally
educated nurses to fill Canadian vacancies. What are the ethics involved as well?
There are various advantages which Canada can gain by recruiting nurse internationally
to fill vacancies in healthcare institutions. Hiring nurses from other country make it possible for
the state to be able to have more better-trained nurses in the patient care. Therefore bringing