Feasibility Study Nursing

CHAPTER 1

THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION

Often referred to as the heart of healthcare, nurses play an integral role in the healthcare system in terms of caregiving, decision-making, communicating or as a patient advocate collectively (Sharon, 2014).

Dressed in scrubs of different colors, nurses have a variety of tasks to take care daily. A nurse’s day starts with reviewing reports from the nurse on the previous shift. In between those duties hospital registered nurses administer medications, care for wounds, perform physicals and coordinate care with other health professionals. Their duties need to be performed depending on the specific patients for whom they are caring. The shift typically ends with nurses filling out their own

Government hospitals provide a maximum salary of P18, 000 per month (Government Salary Grade 11) for each employee. This is lower than the Salary Grade 15 or P24, 000 per month as stipulated in Republic Act 9173 or the Philippines Nursing Act. (“200,000 registered nurses are jobless,” 2016)

One cannot deny that the Philippines is not one of those countries that equally promote a healthy work environment or good practice that leads to an increase rate in the rapid turn-over of nurse staffing in the country.

The researchers conducted a study focusing on the effects of rapid turn-over of staff nurses in relation to patient care quality in the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center Inc. (UERMMMCI). This study suits the present situation on how prominent is the turn-over of nurse staffing in the Philippines because of the lack of better opportunity in the country. This study aims to raise awareness on the importance of nurses in quality patient care and how nursing is not just a profession, it’s a calling for public service under the most hazardous