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Respond to EACH DISCUSSION POST BELOW.  Explain how their chosen national healthcare issue/stressor may also impact your work setting and what (if anything) is being done to address the national healthcare issue/stressor.

 

DISCUSSION 1

The healthcare issue that I would like to address is the shortage of mental health facilities.  Mental health issues have been on the rise for a while now especially with the emergence of COVID-19.  One thing that is shocking to realize is that the United States ranks almost dead last in psych beds per 100,000 people (in developed countries). (Administrator, 2018).  The effects of these shortages span across all aspects of society.  The mental health problem we have in the United States is a problem for everyone involved.  A few examples of the issues that arise from shortages of psychiatric beds and hospitals are increased homelessness, increased illegal drug usage and a huge stress on psych hospitals because of too high of a demand with the patient population (Shortage of psychiatric hospital beds for mentally Ill, 2019).  This issue is not going to go away anytime soon.  I work in a mental health hospital and the influx of new patients and the lack of facilities to take care of these patients is becoming an issue that must be resolved soon.  In the United States alone about 1 in 5 people suffer from some sort of mental illness (Weiner, 2018).  That means there are about 66,000,000 people who are battling a mental illness and there are simply not enough resources for them to get the help they need.

References

 

Administrator. (2018). Psychiatric bed shortages. Retrieved March 03, 2021, from https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/key-issues/bed-shortages

 

Shortage of psychiatric hospital beds for mentally Ill (Summary TAC Report). (2019, January 23). Retrieved March 03, 2021, from https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/imd/shortage-hospital-beds.html

 

Weiner, S. (2018, February 12). Addressing the escalating psychiatrist shortage. https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/addressing-escalating-psychiatrist-shortage.

 

 

 

 

DISCUSSION 2

The national healthcare issue selected is the current Coronavirus pandemic.  In the year 2020, the world health organization declared the Corona virus, known as the covid-19 a global health emergency. Currently, there have been millions of cases with 513,122 deaths (CDC, 2020).  Since the beginning of the pandemic, my current hospital organization have been doing their best to make sure both the patients and staff are safe. They went to the extent of formulating a plan which included creation of private rooms by decreasing census on the unit, stopping visitation rights unless patient was dying or young, and even created COVID testing rooms on floors such as a psychiatry to test patients suspected of having COVID instead of waiting on medical floors which sometimes took hours. Besides having COVID safety officers, they trained additional nurses to transport and care for patients if necessary.

Although all of these were great initiatives, the company changed their benefits plan such as increasing the cost of health insurance, decreasing overtime pay, not matching 401K, and refused to give a raise until the pandemic was over. “Employee benefits-including health care, paid leave and retirement benefits-are feeling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent International Foundation report” (Held, 2021). This action led to many staff leaving the job which led to shortage and burnout of nursing staff. Avoidance behavior have become popular among healthcare workers as well which is when staff call out work multiple times or minimize direct contact time with patients due to fear of being infected (Lange, 2021). As of now, the organization have agreed to increase pay by 2%, match 401K within the upcoming month only if hired in 2020 and have even offered COVID PTO so staff can feel comfortable calling off if sick and not feel scared to lose their job. Although, positive changes have already taken place more work is needed. A way of ensuring staff is pleased is by paying attention to the Gallup survey which is completed every two years. Jacobs et al (2018) found that the use of the Gallup survey was helpful in making improvements for employees.

 

References

 

Centers for disease control and prevention. (2020). COVID Data Tracker. Retrieved on March 1, 2021 from https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#global-trends

Held, J. M.(2021). Measuring the impact of COVID-19 on employee benefits. Benefits Quarterly, 37(1), 57. Retrieved on March 1, 2021 from https://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Fmeasuring-impact-covid-19-on-employee-benefits%2Fdocview%2F2489775884%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D14872

Jacobs, B. , McGovern, J. , Heinmiller, J. & Drenkard, K. (2018). Engaging Employees in Well-Being. Nursing Administration Quarterly, 42(3), 231–245. doi: 10.1097/NAQ.0000000000000303.

Lange, K. W. (2021). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and global mental health. Global Health Journal. Retrieved on March 1, 2021 from https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1016/j.glohj.2021.02.004

 

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The

 

healthcare

 

issue

 

that

 

I

 

would

 

like

 

to

 

address

 

is

 

the

 

shortage

 

of

 

mental

 

health

 

facilities.

 

 

Mental

 

health

 

issues

 

have

 

been

 

on

 

the

 

r

ise

 

for

 

a

 

while

 

now

 

especially

 

with

 

the

 

emergence

 

of

 

COVID

19.

 

 

One

 

thing

 

that

 

is

 

shocking

 

to

 

realize

 

is

 

that

 

the

 

United

 

States

 

ranks

 

almost

 

dead

 

last

 

in

 

psych

 

beds

 

per

 

100,000

 

people

 

(in

 

developed

 

countries).

 

(Administrator,

 

2018).

 

 

The

 

effects

 

of

 

these

 

s

hortages

 

span

 

across

 

all

 

aspects

 

of

 

society.

 

 

The

 

mental

 

health

 

problem

 

we

 

have

 

in

 

the

 

United

 

States

 

is

 

a

 

problem

 

for

 

everyone

 

involved.

 

 

A

 

few

 

examples

 

of

 

the

 

issues

 

that

 

arise

 

from

 

shortages

 

of

 

psychiatric

 

beds

 

and

 

hospitals

 

are

 

increased

 

homelessness,

 

i

ncreased

 

illegal

 

drug

 

usage

 

and

 

a

 

huge

 

stress

 

on

 

psych

 

hospitals

 

because

 

of

 

too

 

high

 

of

 

a

 

demand

 

with

 

the

 

patient

 

population

 

(

Shortage

 

of

 

psychiatric

 

hospital

 

beds

 

for

 

mentally

 

Ill,

 

2019).

 

 

This

 

issue

 

is

 

not

 

going

 

to

 

go

 

away

 

anytime

 

soon.

 

 

I

 

work

 

in

 

a

 

ment

al

 

health

 

hospital

 

and

 

the

 

influx

 

of

 

new

 

patients

 

and

 

the

 

lack

 

of

 

facilities

 

to

 

take

 

care

 

of

 

these

 

patients

 

is

 

becoming

 

an

 

issue

 

that

 

must

 

be

 

resolved

 

soon.

 

 

In

 

the

 

United

 

States

 

alone

 

about

 

1

 

in

 

5

 

people

 

suffer

 

from

 

some

 

sort

 

of

 

mental

 

illness

 

(Weiner,

 

20

18).

 

 

That

 

means

 

there

 

are

 

about

 

66,000,000

 

people

 

who

 

are

 

battling

 

a

 

mental

 

illness

 

and

 

there

 

are

 

simply

 

not

 

enough

 

resources

 

for

 

them

 

to

 

get

 

the

 

help

 

they

 

need.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

s

 

 

 

 

Administrator.

 

(2018).

 

Psychiatric

 

bed

 

shortages.

 

Retrieved

 

March

 

03,

 

20

21,

 

from

 

https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/key

issues/bed

shortages

 

 

 

 

Shortage

 

of

 

psychiatric

 

hospital

 

beds

 

for

 

mentally

 

Ill

 

(Summary

 

TAC

 

Report).

 

(2019,

 

January

 

23).

 

Retrieved

 

March

 

03,

 

2021,

 

from

 

https://mentalillnesspolicy.org/imd/shortage

hospital

beds.htm

l

 

 

 

Weiner,

 

S.

 

(2018,

 

February

 

12).

 

Addressing

 

the

 

escalating

 

psychiatrist

 

shortage.

 

https://www.aamc.org/news

insights/addressing

escalating

psychiatrist

shortage

.

 

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