Nursing shortage has negative impact on the quality of health care system. Lack of manpower at health care sectors may put the life of many patients into jeopardy. There have been cases wherein patient’s families complained about the substandard of health care services being given to their loved ones. They said that insufficient number of nursing staff at hospitals risk their patient’s life. It has been noted that most hospitals and nursing homes doesn’t meet the guidelines set by the federal government on nurse to patient ratio. Because of this, nurses have to handle and take care of patients more than what is required for them. They are overloaded with work and at times because of too much pressure especially on sensitive cases they are very prone of committing errors.
