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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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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. DNPs play advanced roles in nurse leadership as well as research and teaching.

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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.

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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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Men in nursing

American Nurse

Data from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing show male enrollment in nursing schools was stable between 2018 and 2022, varying from 12.6% The 2022 National Nursing Workforce Survey bears out this change, with male and nonbinary respondents skewing younger than female participants. among PhD candidates.

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Nurse leaders of color: Candid conversations

American Nurse

Unfortunately, these statistics haven’t wavered much and continue at a time when nurses are retiring and leaving the workforce for various reasons, including fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Some bedside nurses are exploring other opportunities within the profession, including leadership positions.

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Nurses on What Made Them Want to Quit and Why They Decided to Stay

Scrubs

nurses plan on quitting their jobs at the end of 2022, which would leave thousands of medical facilities and millions of patients without the care and support they need. We asked millions of nurses if they have ever thought about quitting and what made them decide to stay. 40 years of bedside nursing has burned me out.