Assignment: Workforce Shortage

Read the health care workforce shortage and its implications on America's hospitals attached, at the American Hospitals Association's (AHA) website.

Select a hospital, which is not more than two hours away from your place of residence. Based on your readings and understanding, create a 3 page report in a Microsoft Word document, that includes:

A plan for a rural, medium-sized hospital to deal with short- and long-term workforce shortages.

Your plan should include the following elements:

• An introduction.

• A description of the health care workforce shortage and its implications.

• The aspects that need immediate attention and aspects that need long term attention. Provide a rationale on why these aspects need attention.

• A description of the financial implications for these issues.

• An explanation of the risks associated with these problems.

• Your recommendations to solve these problems.

• An explanation of the methods to measure the success of the plan.

• A description of the next steps, if the plan failed.

• A conclusion and a reference list.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Attachment:- Health_Care_Workforce_104.pdf