What do nursing workloads involve?



What do nursing workloads involve?

Unit codeand Title: NUR3606 Contemporary Issues inNursing

Lecturer: CarolWang

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Table of Contents

Nursing Workloads in Contemporary Healthcare and Patient Care. 1

Introduction. 3

Body. 3

What do nursing workloads involve?. 3

What factors impact on nursing workloads?. 3

Nursing workloads and nurses. 3

Nursing workloads and patient outcomes. 3

Conclusion. 4

References. 5

Nursing Workloads in Contemporary Healthcare and Patient Care

Introduction
A good introduction is interesting and tells the reader:

• what the essay is all about- provide definitions and references

• A little bit about why this is important

• Outlines for the reader what you will be discussing in the rest of the essay.

Body
Using logical well-formed paragraphs discuss the following:

What do nursing workloads involve?
• What do nursing workloads involve? Administration, patient care etc

What factors impact on nursing workloads?
• Discuss what impacts nursing workloads? ie shortages, skill mix etc

Nursing workloads and nurses
• How does nursing workloads impact on nurses? – consider both positive and negative aspects.

Nursing workloads and patient outcomes
• Consider how nursing workloads impact on patient healthcare outcomes and the care we provide – consider positive and negative aspects.

Conclusion
A ‘good’ conclusion should summarise all the points raised within the discussion. Please note there should be NO references within your conclusion as no new information should be presented here.