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Understanding Nursing Shortages in the U.S. for 2023

Daily Nurse

Nurses are essential to healthcare, yet nursing shortages have persisted for decades. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these shortages to crisis levels, with demand for nurses outpacing supply in nearly every region. What’s Causing Nursing Shortages? million registered nurses nationwide.

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Travel Nursing Demand Is Waning: Now Hospitals Want Full-Time Nurses Back

Nurse.com

As travel nursing demand subsides, hospitals are hoping they’ll return to the full-time workforce. Travel nurses made as much as $10,000 a week during the worst of the pandemic. Travel nurses are having contracts abruptly cancelled while in transit to their new site. Unsustainable travel nursing demand.

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Gig nursing

American Nurse

Stress, burnout, and lack of work–life balance and flexible work hours contributed to the mass exodus of nurses from their jobs. On-demand, per diem staffing models and travel nursing boomed, and the growing gig economy spurred another flexible staffing approach: gig nursing. May 22, 2022. November 10, 2022.

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Travel Nursing: A Brief History

The Gypsy Nurse

The origins of travel nursing can be traced back to Florence Nightingale since she recruited nurses to travel to Crimea with her. 1 However, travel nursing as it’s known now came about for different reasons in the 20 th century. It was originally a response to seasonal changes in the demand for nurses.

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Nursing professional development at night

American Nurse

An innovative approach to help new graduate nurses transition into practice Takeaways: As the nursing shortage continues, more new nursing graduates will take jobs in specialty areas such as critical care. Nursing graduates face many stressors and must be supported during their transition into practice.

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9 Best States to Travel Nurse in 2023

MAS Medical Staffing

The past few years have spotlighted the many challenges nurses face—understaffing and burnout being two primary issues. Today, healthcare workers are leaving behind longtime traditional roles for the freedom and lifestyle that travel nursing provides. Why Should I Become A Travel Nurse?

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Addressing Nursing Shortages: A Major Issue in New Mexico Healthcare

American Nurse

Introduction According to the New Mexico Workforce Committee report, in 2023, about 15910 active Registered Nurses were in New Mexico, and 54.5% This review examines the nursing shortage crisis’ sources, effects, and solutions. Nursing Workforce Demographics Nurses are aging and retiring. worked in Albuquerque.