Part one
Nurses at a nearby home healthcare agency communicate with physicians, the agency, and local hospitals via email and text messages using their mobile phones. The agency contemplates implementing a secure registration feature on the nurses’ company cell phones. Both alternatives have their own set of advantages and disadvantages.
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what are the benefits of utilizing business devices when communicating professionally?
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Can you tell me some drawbacks of communicating professionally using business devices?
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Which would you prefer, personal or company gadgets, if you were the agency? Make your decision clear.
Part two
To meet the growing need for registered nurses and retirees, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that an annual influx of more than 200,000 new RNs will be required through 2026 (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2019). As mentioned in the 2019 American Association of Colleges of Nursing report, 51% of the registered nurses in the US are 50 years of age or older. This information comes from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing and The Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers. These are staggering figures that will test the mettle of nurse managers and supervisors of the future.
What strategies would you employ as a nurse manager or leader to keep your current staff of nurses? For what reasons would you want to hire more nurses? After fifty years, how do you envision the nursing profession evolving?
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. Keeping the nurses you have on staff is the first paragraph’s focus.
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How would you find more nurses to hire if you were in charge?
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In the third paragraph, please share your predictions about nursing in the year 50.
Materials: From what sources did you compile your data?
