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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

They found that 1/3 of surveyed physicians and nurses planned to reduce work hours within a year, and approximately 40% of nurses planned to leave their current jobs within two years [3]. Stress, burnout, and heavy workload. Nurses who are leaving the bedside aren’t retirement age.

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The World Is On Edge…

Life of a Nurse

One of the largest cohorts for Registered Nurses and Physicians was 55 years and over (another significant one was 64+ old). According to RNAO (2021) 1/3 of nurses 50+ years are considering retirement within 2-5 years. The physicians have a significant pattern of retiring, leaving practices, and not entering family medicine.

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Travel Nursing Pre and Post-Pandemic

The Gypsy Nurse

The COVID-19 pandemic shined a bright light on the ongoing shortage — a shortage due in part to nurses retiring, a lack of nurse educators, and an aging patient population living longer with chronic medical conditions. The shortages have led to nurse burnout, which has played a role in decreasing retention levels.

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Nursing professional development at night

American Nurse

Although the NPD program is designed to assist new nurses in their transition to practice, feedback from experienced nursing staff indicated that they enjoy having a resource they can turn to for questions and to clarify policies and initiatives. Nursing professional development standards. StatPearls. September 20, 2022.

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The Call for Greater Autonomy in Nursing

Nurse.com

With autonomy, a nurse can act on patient care matters without approval from other members of the healthcare team, including physicians. Many factors are responsible for this shortage, with some physicians retiring early due to burnout , decreasing medical school enrollment, the cost of education, as well as fewer residency programs.

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Re-imagining nursing’s social contract with the public

American Nurse

Evidence indicates that a significant number of nurses providing care for patients with COVID-19 have experienced physical violence and verbal abuse. Data collected by Byon and colleagues from February to May/June 2020 showed that 44.4% of nurses reported experiencing physical violence and 67.8% February 7, 2020.

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Overcoming Staff Shortages: A Guide to Proactive Solutions

Celayix

In July, the unemployment rate was 3.5%, matching the 50-year low set in February 2020. Aging population: As the population ages, more people are retiring, and fewer are entering the workforce. However, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Canadian economy was hit hard. in May 2020. in September 2019.