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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.

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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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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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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. What the NCSBN and other nursing workforce studies don’t report is what became of the ex-nurses. National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

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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. Just trying to make it to retirement.

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Nurse leaders of color: Candid conversations

American Nurse

According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, White women remain the majority (80.6%), whereas nurses from minority backgrounds (19.4%) represent a fraction of the RN workforce. Some bedside nurses are exploring other opportunities within the profession, including leadership positions.

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Effective clinical learning for nursing students

American Nurse

In addition, according to the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP), the average doctorally prepared nurse faculty member is in their 50s, which means they may soon retire. However, precepting a student or new employee creates an extra burden on an already overextended bedside nurse.