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Assignment Project : Workforce Shortage

Click here to read the health care workforce shortage and its implications on America's hospitals, 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 5- 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:

Introduction

Problem description of the healthcare 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

Evaluation of alternatives with 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

Conclusion

Reference list

To support your work, use your course and textbook readings and also use the South University Online Library. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Submission Details:

Your assignment should be addressed in a 5-page document.