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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

It’s clear that the state of the nursing shortage is at a crisis level. As an experienced bedside nurse, a recent nursing psychiatric/mental health graduate student, and a clinical adjunct faculty instructor, I have a strong opinion about what must be done. First and foremost, nurses require better pay.

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SWAT RNs: Supporting Bedside Leaders with Clinical Judgment

Minority Nurse

SWAT RN Role The role of the Specialized Workforce for Acute Transport Registered Nurse (SWAT RN) has evolved in national healthcare organizations. Oxygen therapy via nasal cannula 2 L O2 is placed on the patient, and the nurse contacts the SWAT RN, who arrives in less than 5 minutes. and HgB- 7.2 and HgB- 7.2

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Should You Become a Nurse Practitioner?

Nurse.com

For Perion, “advocacy, collaboration, and communication” are the three key things she learned as a bedside nurse, and these are also the goals she brings into her NP practice each day. The Need for Nurse Practitioners. The post Should You Become a Nurse Practitioner? appeared first on Nurse.com Blog.

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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]. Nurses who are leaving the bedside aren’t retirement age. Stress, burnout, and heavy workload. This is endemic to the profession.

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On leaving and loving nursing

American Nurse

One was dismissed for drunkenness, another for ill health, and the third for incompetence—these reasons for leaving or being asked to leave nursing resonate in modern times. Gone are the days when one entered the profession as a bedside nurse and existed as one at retirement. National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

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To Build the Workforce, We Need More Nurse Educators

Nurse.com

The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) echoed that language. Its Survey on Vacant Faculty Positions for Academic Year 2022-2023 reported that 8.8% of the nation’s full-time nurse faculty positions are vacant — nearly a full point higher than the previous year (8%). nursing schools were turned away in 2021.

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The Nursing Shortage: Looking Ahead to 2023

Nurse.com

And in 2023, recruiting and retaining good nurses could be the most critical area of focus in determining a hospital’s success. The financial cost of the nursing shortage couldn’t be clearer. The 2022 Nurse Salary Research Report by Nurse.com found that of 2,516 nurses surveyed, 29% were considering leaving the profession altogether.