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Government’s Chief Medical Officer announces retirement plans

Nursing Review

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Department of Health and Aged Care, Professor Paul Kelly, has announced his intentions to retire by the end of the month.

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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

Nurses who are leaving the bedside aren’t retirement age. Analysis from 2022 found that the total number of registered nurses decreased by more than 100,000 between 2020 and 2021 –the most significant observed drop in the past 40 years. By 2030, there will be an estimated exodus of one million nurses into retirement [6].

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The World Is On Edge…

Life of a Nurse

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. Four main contributors to the nursing shortage summary: Retiring nurses or those choosing to leave the profession.

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Understanding Nursing Shortages in the U.S. for 2023

Daily Nurse

Retirement : Another issue is the substantial number of nurses nearing retirement age. Per a 2020 National Nursing Workforce Study conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the average age for a registered nurse (RN) was 52 years old, potentially signaling a large wave of retirements over the next 15 years.

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Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

American Nurse

Hospital leadership instructed health workers to forgo protective N95 masks in the early months of 2020, as covid cases mounted. “We In 2020, this logic allowed employers to withhold protective gear from many workers. It becomes gospel for dealing with infectious pathogens.”

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When Is It Time to Advance Your Nursing Education? 

Minority Nurse

You may have wanted to work in a particular specialty, had your sights set on the traveler lifestyle, or were focused on making sure you could pay the bills, give your kids a good life, and plan for your eventual retirement. ” And finally, “… the proportionate growth among POC RNs was even greater.

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Utah Grants Full Practice Authority to Nurse Practitioners

Health Leaders | Nursing

The National Academy of Medicine's The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report recommends that nurses be allowed to "practice to the full extent of their education and training by removing barriers that prevent them from more fully addressing social needs and social determinants of health and improving healthcare access, quality, and value."