A gerontological nurse is planning an educational program to discuss the current and anticipated nursing staffing needs of the future. What should be included in the presentation? Select all that apply.
1. More nurses will be needed to work in assisted living care settings.
2. The number of nursing homes has begun to increase over the last 10 years.
3. The number of nurses employed in hospital settings has increased since 1980.
4. Adding nurses has no impact on the long-term health of nursing home residents.
5. More complex nursing skills are needed to provide care in long-term care and rehabilitative care facilities.
1. More nurses will be needed to work in assisted living care settings.
5. More complex nursing skills are needed to provide care in long-term care and rehabilitative care facilities.
Explanation: 1. There is an increase in assistive care settings in the United States. More nurses will be needed to work in this care setting.
2. The current nursing home occupancy rate is 86%, and the number of beds and nursing home residents began to decline in 1999.
3. Hospitals remain the major employer of nurses, although the number of nurses employed in other sectors has increased.
4. Adding nurses to provide care will reduce the mortality rate and improve the nutritional status of clients in long-term care facilities.
5. Clients in long-term care and rehabilitation care facilities are more ill because hospital lengths of stays have decreased. The clients are being admitted to long-term care facilities with more health problems.
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