Root Cause Analysis of Staffing Shortage

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Staffing shortage is among the healthcare problems people come across in various health centers or hospital settings. Having fewer nurses and auxiliary staff within a health facility may present considerable inconveniences, leading to low-quality health service provision. Therefore, this problem requires root cause analysis to establish its potential triggers and device mechanisms to contain it. First and foremost, the problem may arise due to human factors. Specifically, patients (constituting the human factor) might be increasingly more such that they do not balance the nurse-patient ratio. When this happens, it is easy to conclude that there is a staff shortage. Secondly, equipment is one of the essential requirements for every hospital to perform different functions in a health scenario. Less equipment force the healthcare system to employ fewer nurse...