Category: Challenges

Quick development pace and globalization significantly alter human lives and industries, and there is almost no field that is left unchanged. In recent years, the nursing workforce has faced several challenges, among them being physician shortages and uneven distribution and an increasing rate of registered nurse retirements. The other significant challenges are aging of the…

Vaccination is a critical step in the healthcare industry, as it saves millions of lives every year. However, research proves unexpected outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD) in recent years (Kubin, 2019). The reasons for this trend are problems with the quality and distribution of drugs, the transformation of immunity, and imported cases. Thus, vaccinations should…

This article discusses major human resource challenges in the healthcare industry. While human capital management and growth and staffing needs are priorities in most organizations, HR in healthcare institutions must also consider patient outcomes. The challenges highlighted in this article include recruitment in healthcare, wage competition, turnover and retention, training and development, and burnout. Talent…

Table of Contents Introduction Increase in numbers of drug companies Highly bureaucratic but slow procedures Containing medical cost Integration between countries Centralized licensing boards Reduced patent times and development of generic drugs Implications of the changes in the business environment Work Cited Introduction Pharmaceutical industries are responsible for the manufacture of drugs. Like any other…

Life will have its challenges, and right now, an immense responsibility I have is to complete my degree and do well with my education. This course has brought many of those challenges and pushed me to reconsider some of the things I thought I could never understand. One of the mathematical ideas I found most…

In the course of the development of civilization, humanity has repeatedly encountered complex problems, sometimes of planetary nature. However, still, this was distant prehistory, a kind of incubation period of modern global problems. They became fully apparent in the second half and especially in the last quarter of the twentieth century. A complex of reasons…

It is clear that diabetes is continuously becoming a big challenge. There is more than one type of diabetes: type 2 seems to be the most challenging one. A comprehensive treatment for diabetes has not yet been developed, however, it is claimed that with the right diet and engagement in physical exercises it is possible…

The nursing shortage is a topical issue in modern health care, affecting nurses’ performance, job satisfaction, and turnover intentions. The major causes of nursing shortage include the aging nursing workforce and low retention rates of new nurse graduates (Cochran, 2017). Therefore, viable options to ameliorate the nursing shortage should be directed toward recruiting recent graduates…

Introduction The United Nations set a goal for countries to limit the universal standard temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial level through their climate change agreement, which was signed within the 2015 Paris Agreement (Aronoff et al., 2019). According to Obergassel et al. (2016), this agreement will be achieved by the countries’…

Introduction The word ‘transgender’ refers to a person whose gender expression or identity differs from that which was assigned at birth. Transgender individuals face widespread economic and social marginalization. Intriguingly, discrimination, harassment, and rejection ensue even from the healthcare sector, which ranges from routine check-ups, and emergency room visits to mental and medical health services.…