Identify two trends in the supply and demand of health care workers
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: By 2020 there will be a shortage of 1 million nurses in the United States. While 50% of nurses currently work in hospitals, the demand in other care settings is growing. The number of new RNs graduating from college is not sufficient to replace all of the retiring nurses. To meet the demand, new nursing graduates would have to increase by 90% per year. As the demand for RNs increases worldwide, there will be fewer foreign-trained nurses to work in the United States. Labor shortages are also predicted for other types of health care professionals, including doctors. By 2020, there will be at least 100,000 fewer doctors in the workplace than today. There is already a shortage of geriatric doctors, and the supply is declining. Even if the number stabilizes, there will be a shortage of 25,000 geriatricians by 2025.
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a. Multiple surgical procedures performed during the same operative session. b. Multiple surgical procedures performed in different operative areas but spanning an entire surgical floor. c. Single surgical procedures performed during a specific block of time. d. Multiple surgical procedures performed during a specific block of time.
Which statement indicates that the EMT understands airway management in a patient suffering from anaphylaxis?
A) "When providing positive pressure ventilation, it may be difficult to pass air through the swollen tissues." B) "Epinephrine will help the patient's blood pressure, but not the swollen tissue in the airway." C) "The best way to open the airway in a patient with upper airway edema is to place the patient in an upright position." D) "If an oral or nasal airway is used, the airway will be opened and positive pressure ventilation will not be needed."