Shortage of nurses and its effects on the armed forces
Introduction
The armed forces have long been known for their involvement in social service as well as healthcare proceedings especially during the war times. However, the issues on the lack of nursing aides during the times when they are in need of the said services usually subject them to several hardships in keeping track of the patients that they ought to serve during social service operations and even during wartime situations. How then could this particular situation be solved? What is the relation of worldwide nursing shortages happening today with the situation that the armed forces are dealing with?
Literature Review
James G. Daley is known for his enthusiasm in writing books regarding the military affairs. It has been his main aim in writing that the military image, especially that of America to regain their considerable reputation in the society in becoming not as mere “war agents” but also as agents of human interest who in many ways try to provide the needs of the society and their families the best way that they could.
Daley is also known for his outmost concern for the society and how their needs are being attended to by those who are in charge of particularly taking position in giving and performing the said responsibilities towards the human society. He writes regularly as a columnist in several bulletins and has a constant release of books with regards human society welfare and the military forces. Among the books he wrote include “The Military Family: A Practice Guide for Human Service Providers’ and the “Social Work Practice in the Military”. These books, particularly that of the Social Work Practice highlights the responsibility vested upon the shoulders of the soldiers to take care of the welfare of the society including their families in time of distress and adversaries. To know more about this written work, it would be helpful to understand its primary effects to the social work of military men through reviewing its contents and the way it has been presented by the author himself.
About the Book
Social Work Practice in Military pertains to the impact of the social work that the military men provide the human society. It is a social work integrated book that discusses the involvement of the military men within the practices of social assistance programs. It has been divided into four parts of discussion which are also subdivided into 21 paragraphs of complete description of the situations that the military group of men had to face to be able to achieve their aim of providing not only protection but also social work to the ordinary people of the community. Most likely, the book has been written in a way that it would feature the different essays of different authors pertaining to the different issues that the book particularly discusses. The summarization of the essays and the comments of Daley on the issues that they have primarily given clarity to, certainly adds up to the validation and the authority of the informations presented in this particular reading material.
As mentioned earlier, the book is divided into four parts which are considerably (I) The History of Military social Work; (II) Practice Arenas; (III) Unique Issues of Military Social Work; (IV) Future Direction of Military Social Work. These divisions are designed to host the discussions of the subdivisions namely the 21 chapters that have been presented to be able to discuss the important issues in focus.
Part one: The History of the Military Social Work talks about the procedures of establishing the different social work sections within the three major branches of military practice which include the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. These major sections of Military Forces have not been involved in any social work n the past. Instead, the non-government groups such as the Red Cross and other psychiatric assistance groups are the ones accompanying the military groups in their activities of reaching out to the communities especially those that are affected by wars or natural disasters at that. However, when the head officers of the military groups of the American region realized that they are capable of assisting the community through their own efforts, the Military social work divisions have been gradually established and strengthened by the regulations and policies that govern the said military divisions. This enabled the military force to perform a widened scope of duty to the community other than simply giving protection to the human community in time of adversaries.
The second part discusses the different divisions of the military social work activities. The said divisions include the family advocacy programs, the tricare environmental programs; abuse programs, medical social work, mental health assistance, combat and non-combat operational programs; and policy practices. The said divisions could be observed to have different focuses of assistance to the human society. The assistance primarily includes medical issues and family empowerment. The programs of the social work handled by military men are particularly designed to help their families who are not with them most of the time, more than that it also helps the whole human community in meeting the different challenges of life that are at times worsened by meeting the hardest situations brought about by health problems and natural disasters at that. Most military social works are done to help low-leveled communities face the challenges of living in a much more civilized human society.
Part three and Part four particularly hosts the discussion on the different issues that are developed by several sectors of the society questioning the ethical application of the military social work activities within the human community. Along with this, the impact of the said issues on the future situations that face the military social works are also discussed to clarify the reputation of the military men who are aiming to simply assist the human society with the challenges that it faces.
As it could be observed, the main reason for writing this reading material is to primarily help the society understand the reality of the impact of military social work to the human communities. The author particularly aimed to help the readers understand the importance of military social work application and how it should be viewed by ordinary people in the society. The constant giving of high regard for the efforts of the military men in dealing with the hardest adversaries that the human society faces has also been one of the most important messages that have been pointed out in this particular book.
Most likely, Daley, the author, intended to show the truth behind the mission of the military men in establishing the social work division of the three different groups of military armies in the United States as well as with the military groups around the world.
Another important part of the book pertains to the sacrifice that the military men faces in helping the society get the best possible services that the army could provide them with. They are commissioned to stay far away from their families to be able to render service to those who are much in need of their help. Although this particular responsibility is not that easy to accept, they do not hesitate in assisting others in the best way they could. According to Daley, this sacrifice of time and effort should indeed be a cause of giving
considerable respect to the military forces that they are due.
Not many people see the importance of the implication of military social work within the growing human society. Most likely, not everyone is able to identify the fact that the people who are affected by the military social services are indeed becoming more aware of the efforts that the military forces put forward for them. Enlightening the society with regards the heroic acts of the military force which have been unspoken about for how many years, according to Daley, is one of the most important reasons why the Military men should be given exceptional respect and acknowledgement.
Incorporating other author’s thought within the discussion of the issue primarily makes this particular book different from that of other reading materials that also pertain to Military activities. The implications of the authors that help clarify the discussion procedures regarding social work that is provided by the military force makes this book a more reliable source of information. The scholarly approach of Daley in summarizing the thoughts of the authors in discussing the different issues of military social work activities application certainly gives a strong reputation to this reading material.
Daley’s book certainly separates itself from other military social work discussions through the use of a more authoritative approach in presenting the data about the said issue with the help of the ideas borrowed form other writers. The integrated views of different observers of the military activities have set a strong difference of the book from other published materials regarding the military social work engagements.
The scholarly approach and the clarified discussions that could be read in Daley’s book certainly allows it to become one of the most reliable text for students who are trying to know the basics of military social work and how they are done to actually affect the lives of the people within the human society. The clarity of the explanation on how the mission of the military force on protecting the society applies to the social work that they provide the communities indeed serves as an effective way of discussing the issues of military social work to people who have lesser familiarity with the activities of the military men.
The limited use of technical military terms makes this text an easy to read material. Readers of the said book would surely learn much about the military social work assistance provisions and thus be enlightened in understanding the main theme of the book. Consequently, once the enlightenment happens, the respect and acknowledgment of the sacrifice and efforts of the military forces in completing their missions to the human community shall be well encouraged and later on applied by the larger part of the human society.
Overall, the book of Daley is a complete discussion on how the military social work has started, how it has been applied through the years, and how it is supposed to develop in the future. The discussion of the different views of social work enthusiasts regarding the issues that concern the work of the military men in providing what the society primarily needs helps in the development of the understanding of the readers regarding the situation that the military forces face.
Understanding the military force’s mission closely shall help the society recognize the need of acknowledging the hard work of the military men. Their integrity in completing their appointed tasks whether it may cause them to sacrifice different aspects of their lives shall indeed be recognized by the society upon reading his particular material of intimate learning regarding the inner reasons of applying the military social work procedures. Coming up with the most effective proceedings in handling their responsibilities to the communities that they are serving, the armed forces naturally would need to have an access to the help of nurses.
Discussions
“A nurse is a person who nourishes, fosters, and protects—a person who is prepared to care for the sick, injured, and aged.”(Nursing in Today’s World—Challenges, Issues, and Trends, 2) UNSELFISHNESS, though essential, is not enough to make a proficient nurse. Good nurses also need extensive training and a breadth of experience. One essential requirement is from one to four years or more of study and practical training. But what qualities make a good nurse? Faye Glenn Abdellah’s book on “Patient-Centered Approach to Nursing” (1960) answers those queries basing from real life experiences and practical application of the said nursing theory.
As reported in a survey made by a magazine regarding the real qualities making up a good nurse, many answered almost the same ideas about the issue. Carmen Gilmartín, of Spain puts it this way: “The doctor heals, but the nurse cares for the patient. This often requires building up patients that have been damaged both inside and outside when, for example, they are informed that they have a chronic disease or will face imminent death. You have to be a mother to the sick person.” It is really true that aside from Abdellah , many nurses around the world believes that being able to empathize with the patients that the nurses are caring for. How is this so? This paper will analyze the proofs on the effectiveness of the said theory on patient-centered nursing to the real nursing world. In the paragraphs to follow, the practicality of the application of the said process or attitude on dealing with patients will be closely observed.
The theory’s or the idealism of Abdellah’s scope includes the nurses working with kids and other older patients dealing with either patients slightly affected with illnesses or those who are already dealing with terminal cases. The whole idea of the theory lies on how nurse- patient relationship should always be given attention to. Not only because it’s a protocol by the hospital or whosoever but also because it should be an innate character of a nurse to feel what the patient feels. It’s content includes the process and application of the nurses’ empathizing with their patients to be able to give them not only the kind of medication or cure they need as said by the doctor but also the kind of cure they want.
Significance
The said approach on patient-centered service in and out of the hospital services is much significant especially to those patients who are usually ill or to those who have terminal diseases who at times need to stay in the hospitals for long times. It is very true that the patient-nurse relationship must be mutual and peaceful to be able to gain best results for both parties.
Internal Consistency
This approach has been amazingly working well for the hospitals and health organizations that apply it. Doctors and nurses who are able to coordinate well with each other and thus able to attend to their patient’s needs and wants are the ones who usually gets the best result. One encyclopedia defines nursing as “the process by which a patient
is helped by a nurse to recover from an illness or injury, or to regain as much independence as possible.”(Encarta) Of course, much is involved in that process. It is more than just the performance of routine tests, such as checking the pulse and the blood pressure. The nurse plays an integral role in the patient’s recovery. According to The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine, “the nurse is more concerned with the patient’s overall reaction to the disorder than with the disorder itself, and is devoted to the control of physical pain, the relief of mental suffering, and, when possible, the avoidance of complications.” In addition, the nurse offers “understanding care, which involves listening with patience to anxieties and fears, and providing emotional support and comfort.” And when a patient is dying, this source notes, the nurse’s role is “to help the patient meet death with as little distress and as much dignity as possible.”(145)
Parsimony
This approach doesn’t require much of the funds. Instead, investing on the nurse’s desirable traits has been the key to reaching the goals of giving the patients an A+ service during their recovery.
Testability
This approach has been widely tested by different hospitals and health organizations. Some had even made extra steps to achieve perfection in application. Some went to the homes of possible patients to take not of their medical preferences with regards to their religious and cultural beliefs. It also included health statistics of the patients in order to modify their medical records. These steps had been proven effective and stress reducing for the nurses when the time comes when they already need to attend to the said patients.
Empirical Adequacy
Every organization and hospital who tries to apply this approach to patients would agree that everything is perfect with it. It relieves both the pain of the patient and gives the nurses a better work environment, as they are able to meet the expectations of both their patients and the doctors they assist.
Pragmatic Adequacy
Record shows that actual results from the application of this approach are rather desirable and convincing to be successful. It made everything and everyone workable with and every patient satisfied with the medications they receive.
As with other jobs, considerable education and training are required to be a good nurse. It also takes courage, and a real desire to help fellow humans. Keeping physically fit, too, is important, due to one’s being exposed to communicable diseases. But a good nurse will especially have sympathy for patients, and give of herself to furnish their needs. Abdellah’s book on Patient-Centered approach has been truly proven by herself by being a nurse and an aid to many that suffer from different illness. Making it more practical and approval worthy that this approach to patients is indeed effective. However it may be, nurses are always reminded to continue having a good heart for their patients… IT ALWAYS WORKS!
UNSELFISHNESS, though essential, is not enough to make a proficient nurse. Good nurses also need extensive training and a breadth of experience. One essential requirement is from one to four years or more of study and practical training. But what qualities make a good nurse?
“The doctor heals, but the nurse cares for the patient. This often requires building up patients that have been damaged both inside and outside when, for example, they are informed that they have a chronic disease or will face imminent death. You have to be a mother to the sick person.”—Carmen Gilmartín, Spain.
“It is necessary to be able to feel the pain and anguish that the patient feels and to want to help. Kindness and long-suffering are needed. You must always want to learn more about nursing and medicine.”—Tadashi Hatano, Japan.
“In recent years nurses have needed more and more professional knowledge. Therefore, the desire to study and the ability to understand what is studied are essential. Also, nurses need to make speedy judgments and to take swift action when the situation demands it.”—Keiko Kawane, Japan.
“As a nurse, you have to show warmth. You must be tolerant and show empathy.”—Araceli García Padilla, Mexico.
“A good nurse must be studious, observant, and extremely professional. If a nurse is not self-sacrificing—if he or she has a selfish streak or resents advice from others higher up the medical hierarchy—that nurse will become unsuitable both for patients and for colleagues.”—Rosângela Santos, Brazil.
“Several qualities are indispensable: flexibility, tolerance, and patience. You also have to be open-minded, with the ability to get on well with your colleagues and the medical hierarchy. You have to be quick to assimilate new skills in order to remain efficient.”—Marc Koehler, France.
“You must love people and really want to help others. You have to be able to cope with stress because in the nursing world, it is all or nothing. You must be adaptable in order to do the same work when at times you have fewer fellow workers—without compromising quality.”—Claudia Rijker-Baker, Netherlands.
Nursing in Today’s World states that “nursing is concerned with caring for the person in a variety of health-related situations. Thus, we think of medicine being involved in the cure of the patient and nursing with the care of that patient.”
(Source: 6. Collins, M. S., Ed. (2003). Teaching/Learning Activities for Rural Community-Based Nursing Practice. Helene Fuld Summer Institute for Rural Community Health Nursing. Binghamton, NY, Decker School of Nursing, Binghamton University.)
Hence, a nurse is a caregiver. Obviously, therefore, the nurse has to care. Some time ago 1,200 registered nurses were asked, “What’s most important to you in your work as a nurse?” Providing quality care was the answer that 98 percent gave. Sometimes nurses underestimate their value to the patients. What are the joys of nursing? The answer to that question will depend on a person’s field of nursing activity. Midwives, for example, feel rewarded with every successful birth. “It’s wonderful to deliver a healthy child whose development you have supervised,” says one midwife from the Netherlands. Jolanda Gielen-Van Hooft, also from the Netherlands, says: “A delivery is one of the most beautiful things that a couple—and a health worker—can experience. It is a miracle!”
Rachid Assam from Dreux, France, is a State-certified nurse anesthetist in his early 40’s. Why does he enjoy nursing? Because of “the satisfaction of having contributed to the success of an operation and of being a member of a profession that is fascinating and constantly progressing,” he says. Isaac Bangili, also from France, said: “I am touched by the expressions of thanks we receive from patients and their families, especially in emergency situations when we manage to recover a patient for whom we thought there was no hope.”
One such expression of thanks was sent to Terry Weatherson, mentioned earlier. A widow wrote: “I cannot let the occasion pass without referring once again to the relief that we gained from your calm, assured presence throughout Charles’ illness. Your warmth was a shining light, and it became a rock from which we gained strength
Why The Shortage?
But along with the joys of nursing come many challenges. There is no room for mistakes! Whether giving medication or drawing blood or inserting an intravenous device or even simply moving a patient, a nurse must be extremely careful. He or she cannot afford to slip up—and this is especially true in lands where litigation is common. Yet, sometimes the nurse is placed in a difficult situation. For example, suppose the nurse feels that a doctor has prescribed the wrong medication for a patient or has given orders that are not in the patient’s best interests. What can the nurse do? Challenge the doctor? That requires courage, tact, and diplomacy—and it carries an element of risk. Sadly, some doctors do not take kindly to suggestions from those they view as subordinates.
What have some nurses noted in this regard? Barbara Reineke from Wisconsin, U.S.A., a registered nurse for 34 years, told a magazine interview “A nurse must be courageous. First of all, she is legally responsible for any medications that she administers or treatments that she performs and for any harm caused by them. She must be able to refuse to carry out an order from a doctor if she feels it is out of her scope of practice or if she believes that the order is incorrect. Nursing is not what it was in the days of Florence Nightingale or even 50 years ago. Now the nurse needs to recognize when to say no to the physician and when to insist that the doctor see the patient, even if it is in the middle of the night. And if you are wrong, you must be thick-skinned enough to take any ridicule you might get from the doctor.”
Another problem nurses have to face is violence on the job. A report from South Africa says that nursing personnel “are recognized as being at higher personal risk of abuse and violence in the workplace. In fact, nurses are more likely to be attacked at work than prison guards or police officers and 72% of nurses don’t feel safe from assault.” A similar situation is reported for the United Kingdom, where 97 percent of nurse respondents in a recent survey knew a nurse who had been physically assaulted during the previous year. What causes this violence? Often, the problem comes from patients who are on drugs or who have been drinking or who are under stress or who are affected by grief.
Nurses also have to contend with burnout caused by stress. Staff shortages are one factor. When a conscientious nurse cannot give adequate care to a patient because of work overload, stress soon builds up. Trying to fix the situation by skipping breaks and doing overtime seems only to lead to more frustration.
Worldwide many hospitals are understaffed. “We lack nurses in our hospitals,” says a report in Madrid’s Mundo Sanitario. “Anyone who has needed health care recognizes the importance of the nurses.” What was given as the cause of this shortage? The need to save money! The same report stated that Madrid hospitals had a deficit of 13,000 nursing professionals!
Another reason given for stress is that shifts are often too long and wages too low. The Scotsman stated: “More than one in five of Britain’s nurses and a quarter of nursing assistants have a second job to make ends meet, according to the public service union, Unison.” Three out of 4 nurses feel that they are underpaid. As a result, many have considered leaving the profession. There are a number of other factors that contribute to the stress of nurses. Judging by the comments that a survey obtained from nurses around the world, the death of patients can have a depressing effect. Magda Souang, from an Egyptian background, works in Brooklyn, New York. When asked what made her job tough, she answered: “Watching at least 30 terminal patients whom I had cared for closely die in a period of ten years. That drains you.” Little wonder that one source says: “Continually investing oneself in patients who die can take a tremendous toll on personal resources.”
Certainly, the negative thoughts implicated by the society with regards the challenges and the labors that nurses are involved with makes it harder for the young ones today who are within the American society to realize the importance of the said profession. With the diagram that follows, it is showed how the nurses themselves view their own jobs that primarily affect how the society views it as well.
This diagram clearly shows how the nurses are trying to fair with their jobs even with less people in the staff. This particular view actually affects how the society understands their job as well. Thus, the interest of some upon actually becoming nurses is gradually lost as they begin to realize how the nurses are trying to face all the necessary jobs that they are expected to complete with regards caring for their patients, as well as to how the society actually understand the challenges and hardships of the said job. True, everyone recognizes the importance of their presence within the healthcare community, however, the fact that they are undergoing a real hard-to-deal with situation especially during emergencies and other patient-attendance requiring special care that usually involves the so-called “gross” jobs for many, there are already only a few among the population in the society today who are directly interested in becoming a part of the nursing community.
What the Future Holds For Nurses
The growth and influence of technology increases the pressures in the field of nursing. The challenge is to reconcile technology with humanity, the humane way of dealing with patients. No machine can ever replace a nurse’s touch and compassion. One journal states: “Nursing is an everlasting profession. . . . So long as humanity exists, there will always be a need for caring, compassion, and understanding.” Nursing fills that need. At the International Council of Nurses Centennial Conference in June 1999, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general of the World Health Organization, said:
“Nurses, as the key health professionals, are in a unique position to act as powerful advocates for a healthy planet. . . . As nurses and midwives already constitute up to 80% of the qualified health workforce in most national health systems, they represent a potentially powerful force for bringing about the necessary changes to meet the needs of Health for All in the 21st century. Indeed, their contribution to health services covers the whole spectrum of health care . . . It is clear that nurses are the backbone of most health care teams.”
The president of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León, gave special praise to the nurses of Mexico in a speech in which he said: “Day after day all of you . . . devote the best of your knowledge, your solidarity, your service to preserving and restoring the health of Mexicans. Day after day you take to those who need it not only your professional help but also the comfort that comes from your kindly, committed, and deeply humanitarian manner. . . . You are the largest segment of our health institutions . . . In each life saved, in each child vaccinated, in each assisted birth, in each health talk, in each cure, in each patient who receives attention and solid support, there is present the work of our nursing staff.”
How the Issue is Proposed to be Solved
Many executives within the healthcare industries have actually proposed numerous systems with which they could save the industry from falling apart because of nurse shortages. Understandably though, it could be observed that such propositions would only work if the parties involved would actually realize the need to focus on the said matter and thus cooperate within the proposed systems. The diagram the follows show one of the major approaches in solving the problem that is proposed to healthcare industries today.
This diagram showcases the four major aspects that needs to be implied within the system as the issue on nursing shortage is expected to be solved. It is constantly appealing on how the four aspects actually make the solution more acceptable and proficient in terms of creating ways to make nurses more competent in their jobs as well as raising interest among others to take the challenge of becoming an important member of the healthcare industries.
Conclusion
It is strongly undeniable that although the society understands the importance of nurses in the development of the entire human community, only a few actually want to become one of the said forces of healthcare industry. Likely, it could be observed that the courage and strength to face challenges that all nurses have to have is what is making others feel uncomfortable with the said profession. This is the reason why in the solution proposed herein, it is undeniable that nursing is shown s a highly regarded profession that primarily receives honor from the entire society. This particular approach does not only attract the interest of others to join the said society of caregivers, but also serves as a motivational tool for those who are already within the said service. Understandably, the importance of knowing this particular factor would increase the capability of both healthcare institutions as well as well as the armed forces to find the right kind of nurses that they need for their operations for the betterment of the society and also increase the possibility of retaining qualified nurses within the service.
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