World Hospitals and Health Services - International Hospital ...

MANAGEMENT: NURSING SHORTAGES
30. Liaison with other quality institutions such as Holy Family Hospital, Seventh Day, Liaquat National etc. to recruit
the Nurses they are unable to hire. Implemented
31. Providing educational opportunities to nurses. Implemented
LOW
32. Service letter from Personnel Department should not be issued to employees without Director Nursing Services
consultation, unless they have served at AKUH for two years. Implemented
33. Continuing Education Certificates and NES checklist should not be issued to RNs unless they have completed two
years services at AKUH. Implemented.
hospitals, inspite of the nurses are hired from developing
countries?
➜ Who will bear the cost of care for patients, who
themselves are responsible for their health, if nursing
wages are increased in developing countries to retain
nurses?
In conclusion, the serious issues outlined above must be
reviewed and considered by many organisations in the
developed countries as to how Pakistan and other developing
countries in Asia and hospitals such as AKUH can retain their
nurses and provide high quality care to its customers.❑
References
Aiken, et al (2001). ‘Nurses’ reports on hospital care in five countries. Health
Affairs, 20(3), P. 43-52.
Aiken L, Clarke S, Sloane D, Sochalski J, Silber J. (2002). ‘Hospital nurse staffing
and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction’. Journal of the
American Medical Association 288:1987-1993.
Berens M. (September 10, 2000). ‘Nursing Mistakes Kill, Injure Thousands’.
Chicago Tribune. News Section. P. 20.
Health Care Advisory Board (2001). Literature Review on Retention and
Recruitment.
IOM (Institute of Medicine). 2000. To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health
System. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Khowaja, K. (1998). ‘Status of retention and turnover of registered nurse at
AKUH’. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference, Brunei Darussalam.
Khowaja, K., Merchant, R. J., Hirani D. (2004). ‘Registered Nurses perceptions on
Job Satisfaction at a tertiary care university hospital’. Journal of Nursing
Management. (publication process complete waiting for release of issue).
Mathews, N., & Campbell, J., (2001). Nursing staff turnover in intensive care.
Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Mattke S, Stewart M, Zelevinsky K. (2002). ‘Nursestaffing
levels and the quality of care in hospital’. The New England Journal of
Medicine 346(22):1715-1722.
Peterson, C. A., (2001). ‘Nursing shortage: Not a simple problem – no easy
answer’. Online journal of issues in nursing, 6(1), 1-14.
IOM. 2001. Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Vol. 40 No. 4 | World Hospitals and Health Services | 23