Nursing Shortage

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PICO: Will the evidence-based practice of hourly rounding in the inpatient acute care setting decrease falls?

Falls in acute care settings are a common occurrence. This has led to the introduction of the concept of hourly rounding by nurses in order to minimize those falls. However, this is significantly hampered by nurses' shortage.

Nursing shortage is a global crisis that all nations are trying to grapple with. Patients suffer because of the shortage of nursing shortage in the healthcare sector due to incapability to handle the crisis effectively (ACCN, 2010). According to the Center for Nursing Advocacy, causal factors such as poor working conditions, inadequate resources for nursing, the ever aging nursing workforce, expanded...