ASSIGNMENT REQUEST } Client Name: Yae. Haddad xpert a8A Done Client Age: 25 Clie
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ASSIGNMENT REQUEST } Client Name: Yae. Haddad xpert a8A Done Client Age: 25 Client Gender: Female Client Occupation: emergency room nurse Client Background Ms. Haddad typically works a twelve-hour shift at the local small-town hospital. The current rotation is three days on and one day off. Last week she worked Sunday through Tuesday nights, had Wednesday night off, and then worked Thursday through Saturday evenings with Sunday evening off. The hospital is chronically short staffed and Ms. Haddad frequently works double shifts, staying at the hospital for twenty-four hours at a time. Ms. Haddad frequently is the nurse asked to take the double shift as she is unmarried and does not have childcare Ms. Haddad manages to spend time with her friends on the evenings that she is off, but she finds that there are many give up due to her irregular schedule. She often is free during the weekday and her friends are at work Current Problems Reported social activities that she has had to Ms. Haddad complains or fatigue, but when she gets tired, she tries to sleep longer on her days off If she is off on a weekend and she is spending time with her friends, she may not sleep for 48 hours at a time. She then has difficulty staying awake at work and has asked her doctor to prescribe some stimulant drugs to get her through some of the long shifts. She is also having trouble with mild depression and she feels isolated and lonely Questions to be considered: 1. While in the short term, Ms. Haddad does not have too many sleep problems, what problems would you predict would occur as she continues on this 2 What types of things might Ms. Haddad do to improve her social life without causing slecp deprivation? . Could you suggest a different schedule for the hospital that would be better for their nursing staff The hospital has been having trouble finding night staff and has decided to rotate all staff from eight days on day shift to eight days on night shift Will this be better for Ms. Haddad, or would you predict either more or different problems? . What recommendation would you make to Ms. Haddad to improve her sleep and her waking 6. Why would you make these specific recommendations? Please provide reasons based on your text or other cited resource. Please justify your answers by using the conceptsExplanation / Answer
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3) Uniformity in the schedule of nursing staff is very important in the hospital. In presented case of Ms. Haddad, working hours can be reduced from 12 to 8 or 9 hours depending upon the workload. Rotation is must for nursing staff and it should be equal for all nursing employees. Advantage of any nursing staff on personal ground (being unmarried) should not be taken, as it is against the workplace ethics. Staff member who is being used beyond the duty hours can raise vioce or refuse for the same. Hospital management skills can also be opted to solve this problem or frame new schedule. Keeping all this points in mind, hospital can make schedule accordingly so that nobody gets frustrated because of over workload and it can lead to the loss of a good employee for the hospital and loss of the job for an employee.
4) Yes, Hospital can rotate nursing staff in every eight days for day and night shifts. Reducing the working hours per day is also a good option to keep quality services and quality staff in the hospital. This change in schedule will be better not only for Ms. Haddad but for all other nurses and hospital too.