Essays on Overworking

Introduction

Radiologic technologist refers to a healthcare professional that carries out diagnostic imaging processes (Hong et al., 2013). The diagnostic imaging procedures include magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography scan as well as X-ray examinations. Many of these professionals work full-time hence working at least 40hours a week. However, studies suggest that overworking these professionals lead to fatigue which brings about discrepancies in their operations (Nejati-Koshki et al., 2014).

Effect of overworking radiologic technologists

Overworking radiological technologists result from under-staffing these practitioners in a health care system (Niederwanger et al., 2013). Staff shortage is considered the leading cause of discrepancies and errors in radiology (Yi et ...

Human beings are sometimes driven by the desire to exploit others for their personal gains. The aspect particularly takes place in a capitalistic society that thrives on more work and money without considering the welfare of the employees. Workers begin to develop occupational stress in three dimensions: self, work, and life situations. They find it difficult to balance their work and personal life resulting in stress or fatigue. Jordan Ferris in the article titled “Unsafe staffing events and their effect on nursing fatigue and stress levels” explores occupational stress and the implications it has on the employees. Jordan’s ...

Introduction

Staffing issues in nursing that occur because of the growing shortage of nurses and huge budget cuts has been an ongoing concern for a long period (American Nursing Association, 2013). Registered nurses have acknowledged that the issue has led to longer working hours for nurses as they take care of sick patients. The situation puts both the safety of patient and nurses at risk. This has brought the need for adequate staffing levels to achieve the optimal nurse to patient ration that is now a national priority. The projected outcome of safe staffing include; reduced medication errors, a decrease ...

The business sector is one of the most challenging economical sectors in the global market. To be concise, the manufacturing sector is one of the most challenging business sectors the market. There are a lot of factors that are considered while making business decisions. These factors include, financial decisions such as cutting down on costs and improving sales. The Foxconn Company is a company that deals with the Apple Company. The company manufactures i-pods and i-pads for the Apple Company and it works collaboratively with other leading technology firms. The company has been surrounded by multiple controversies concerning employee welfare ...

I. The City 1. What is a city? A city is a place where people come together to share common interests and resources. It is a group of interacting people living in the same location. A city is built on how people live and interact with other people within the community. Cities allow citizens to participate and experience life events together. It is a sense of identity and provides citizens with a feeling of belonging. They are built with a set of principles which allow people to come together. It is normally a group of people who are organized under common shared values. A ...

A major challenge in nursing revolves around staffing. Inappropriate staffing of nurses in health institutions has contributed to both professional and institutional challenges. Currently, practicing nurses have to cover mandatory overtime due to the personnel shortage. Nursing shortage has contributed to the lack of nursing staff. The nursing problem affects the practicing nurses as well as health care institutions (American Nurses Association, 2013). The staffing problem has risen due to hospital administrators channeling their funds towards medical technology investments as compared to personnel investment. Some states like California have identified staffing as a problem in nursing and have formulated a policy, ...

Service learning narrative essay

Service learning incorporates learning through the community services at a wider area of interest combined with instructions offered in classrooms. This kind of acquiring knowledge is vital as it enables students to improve critical thinking ability, experience a moment of personal reflection as well as improving self responsibility in the society. Service learning enables students to put into action the knowledge impacted to them in class, for example, in a biogerontology lesson, through active participation. Vintage garden that is located in the the division of central California was the place of my choice. It is a non-profit institution that is dedicated to providing ...

Introduction

In the current economic climate today’s students are facing a myriad of problems and a set of dilemmas such as how to pay, how many jobs, how many hours to work, how to pay for car expenses and credit bills, how to manage both family and dependants and how to effectively balance these all important responsibilities while remaining on their toes in the classroom. This paper highlights the challenges faced by employed students in the United States. The first challenge is in meeting the soaring costs of education and living in the United States. Students who are employed so ...

Introduction

In fact, money does not purchase happiness. Neither does materialism nor consumerism. New research indicates that consumerism or materialism is not only a personal problem but also an environmental problem. In our contemporary society we have countless shopping malls/centers where individuals use extra time spending their cash than ever before. This explains why the number of Americans filing for the bankruptcy is ever increasing. The co-authors in “Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic” have discussed into details the concept of consumerism or materialism. Generally, this is an anti-consumerist book that contains 30 chapters and it is divided into 3 sections, which ...

Question 1

Housing Association is planning to build affordable homes as one of the milestones to reduce overcrowding. Financial distress is hindering the success of theprojectbecause there is no adequate funding to sustain the proposed developments. Housing Association is also characterised by poor planning and lack of proper project management strategies. The evidence of this is the fact that financial managers have prepared a development proposal, but the proposal does not have a business plan. The proposal itself is not comprehensive enough to include all the required details of the proposed housing projects because it has less than ten pages of ideas. Further ...

Abstract

Alcohol abuse related problems contribute to numerous deaths in the United States. These involve heath and non-health related circumstances. This paper reviews alcohol related problems in a deeper perspective. It analyzes the psychological toils that prevail in an individual who abuses alcohol. Secondly, it analyzes the advanced stage of alcohol abuse which is alcohol addiction. The problems encountered by an alcoholic and the symptoms are listed to act as guidelines when analyzing an alcohol dependent individual. The psychological implications of excessive consumptions of alcohol are discussed and it is advised that if people must engage in drinking, they should only ...

1. What is the author’s central argument (thesis)? In "Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity," Sara Robinson effectively argues that human beings need to go back to the 40 hour work week, as opposed to the 55-60 hour weeks most Americans are working today. She argues that limiting workers' productivity to 40 hours a week guarantees more productive hours on the whole, as people get burned out and more exhausted as the hours go on past that magic number. 2. What evidence is presented to support the central ...

Workplace Stressors

Identified workplace stressors include personal problems, particularly elevated financial needs of the worker, family problems that deny the worker peaceful, personal time and workplace conditions, especially increased workplace demands. Job stress arises from workplace situations where job demands exceed the capabilities of the workers, the needs of the employees and the resources available to handle the job including tools, equipments, employees’ competence and skills (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 2008). Consider, for instance, a workplace for a retail associate working for a base pay plus commission. Workplace stress would arise from a situation where the associate’s needs far much ...

Norge Portugal is an international Norwegian company set up in Lisbon, Portugal in 2001 (McGuire 123). The company deals in selling, maintenance and repair of refined equipment for textile industries. The company is well renowned for ‘total service’ to its customers, where they focus on satisfying the customer in an aim of achieving customer loyalty. Despite starting operations almost a decade ago, the firm retains a remarkably small customer base and is smaller compared to other company bases in different countries. However, the company remains profitable mainly because of favourable reputation amongst customers. Norge Portugal, has four key areas that ...

Evaluation and reflection on lifestyle management plan

Smoking is a lifestyle habit formed by people and this is deleterious to human health. It poses a burden on the society. The health effects might be masked for several years before the clinical manifestations. Addiction to the habit is a major issue and the essence of the lifestyle management plan for smoking is aimed at setting up goals and implementation of those goals to achieve a reduction in the use of the tobacco. The lifestyle management plan that was outlined for a period of 4 weeks was strategize to minimize my daily smoking rate. This in turn will have a contributory effect in ...

ABSTRACT

Residency is vital part in the continuum of medical education transforming the medical student to medical practitioner (doctor). Residency is an opportunity for practical training in a medical or surgical specialty. Traditionally, residents would often live in hospital (hence the name residency) - supplied housing because they require lengthy hours of training. Working hour’s factor has a tremendous role in health service delivery. Early residents were regarded as a source of cheap labor and if their number of working hours was to be reduced the hospital would have to pay other providers to step in. There are risks that accompany working ...

Training involves vocational instructions for the already employed persons. The idea and concept of training was first used in the Second World War (Lathan, 2001, p 31). Training that is work related is significant as emerging techniques, methods, synthetic materials, tools, power sources, and the increased dependence on automation result in extensive changes in the work place. Training at the work place may take on two forms: onsite and off –the-job training. Onsite training sessions include those that are carried out within the actual establishments; most of these sessions are conducted by senior employees. On the other hand off-the-job training ...