Nhs-Fpx 6008 Assessment1-1 Identifying A Local Health Care Economic Issue - Capella Unversity

This study source was downloaded by 100000865965430 from CourseHero.com on 06-11-2023 14:47:25 GMT -05:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/184527724/NURSFPX6008-AlvarezClaudia-Assessment1-1docx/ 1Identifying a Local Health Care Economic IssueClaudia AlvarezSchool of Nursing and Health Sciences, Capella UniversityNHS-FPX 6008: Econ Decision Making Hlth CareDr. Allison TerryDecember, 2022This study source was downloaded by 100000865965430 from CourseHero.com on 06-11-2023 14:47:25 GMT -05:00https://www.coursehero.com/file/184527724/NURSFPX6008-AlvarezClaudia-Assessment1-1docx/2Identifying a Local Health Care Economic IssueThe healthcare institution is one of the essential sectors with various objectives to ensure everyone acquiring service from it has the best care. One goal of optimal healthcare is to offer patients safe, high-quality, and efficient health services (McFarlan, 2020). Due to the unexpected outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, drastic demand issues have been met by intensive care units (ICUs) all over the world, specifically neonatal ICUs, in my experience. The healthcare environment in NICUs is experiencing economic issues regarding supply and demand. Patient capacity and acuity remain at an all-time high, with inadequate nursing staff to safely cover each patient, resulting in an unsafe nursing workload. Though the COVID-19 virus did not often infect neonates, NICUs oversaw increased patient capacity as they would admit overflow patients throughout the childrens hospital. By doing this, pediatric units had room to admit COVID-19-infected patients. Not only