Lower doses of radiation to normal tissues means a tremendous reduction in side effects. IMRT incorporates several beams coming from different angles to envelope the tumor and the dose intensity of each beam is modulated by changing the shape of the fields during treatment.
For healthcare providers and their employees, ongoing uncertainty can lower employee engagement, which in turn can have a negative effect on organizational success and patient care.
Registered nurses have long acknowledged and continue to emphasize that staffing issues are an ongoing concern, one that influences the safety of both the patient and the nurse. There is a strong relationship between adequate nurse-to-patient ratios and safe patient outcomes. Rising patient acuity and shortened hospital stays has contributed to challenges. Finding an optimal nurse-to-patient ratio has been a national challenge. However, rising patient acuity and shortened hospital stays have contributed to recent challenges. Ensuring adequate staffing levels has been shown to: 1  Reduce medical and medication errors. 2  Decrease patient complications. 3  Decrease mortality. 4  Improve patient satisfaction, 5  Reduce nurse fatigue. 6  Decrease nurse burnout. 7  Improve nurse retention and job satisfaction.