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Shenandoah University and Valley Health Partner to Tackle Nursing Shortage 

Daily Nurse

With the assistance of the Virginia Department of Health , Valley Health will recruit and onboard nurses who no longer work full-time at the bedside to complete the SU-developed training modules before being employed as clinical preceptors. This role has become more challenging due to the growing nursing shortage.

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Locum Jobs for NPs: Are they still worth it in 2021?

NP Hub

Some might say yes, … The post Locum Jobs for NPs: Are they still worth it in 2021? Is traveling a normal thing again? Are we ready? appeared first on NPHub.

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As Nursing School Enrollment Declines, Healthcare Staffing Concerns Rise

Health Leaders | Nursing

On top of that nursing schools nationwide turned away more than 78,000 qualified applications—not applicants— in 2022 largely because of shortages of clinical placement sites, faculty, preceptors, and classroom space, as well as budget cuts, according to AACN. from 2021 to 2022, continuing a downward trend that began in 2013.

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Understanding Nursing Shortages in the U.S. for 2023

Daily Nurse

Faculty shortage: According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, nursing schools turned away nearly 92,000 qualified applications of prospective students for baccalaureate or graduate nursing programs in 2021. These approaches included adapting nursing scope of practice laws and offering preceptors financial incentives.

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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

This Mayo Clinic study from 2021 surveyed the pandemic’s impact on clinicians. 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. And after Covid-19, they’re walking away from the bedside.

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The Alarming Trend of Seasoned Nurses Being Laid Off: Profits Over Patient Care? 

Minority Nurse

According to the Joint Commission (2022), 1,441 sentinel events were reported in 2022, a 19% increase from 2021. According to the National League of Nursing (2022), many nurses graduating from nursing school between 2021-2022 never interacted with patients until they were on the floor with their preceptor.

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To Build the Workforce, We Need More Nurse Educators

Nurse.com

The AACN said in its 2021–2022 Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing report that 91,938 qualified applications to U.S. nursing schools were turned away in 2021. The causes included insufficient numbers of nurse faculty, clinical sites, classroom space, clinical preceptors , and budget constraints.