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Future Family Nurse Practitioner Wants to Give Back to Her Rural Arkansas Community

Post University

She graduated in three years and started her career at the Medical Center of South Arkansas (now South Arkansas Regional Hospital) in 2022. Seeking Work-Life Balance After she got married in December 2022, Megan started thinking about other opportunities in nursing. I give them the very best care I can when I am with them.

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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

Nurses who are leaving the bedside aren’t retirement age. 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. By 2030, there will be an estimated exodus of one million nurses into retirement [6].

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80% of Nurses Plan to Remain on the Job Until Retirement

Health Leaders | Nursing

Despite the nursing industry’s challenges, 80% of nurses plan to stay with their profession until retirement even though most (84%) do not think issues such as understaffing, burnout and pay are improving quickly enough, a new study reveals.

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To Build the Workforce, We Need More Nurse Educators

Nurse.com

Its Survey on Vacant Faculty Positions for Academic Year 2022-2023 reported that 8.8% 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. Persistent. Looming,” she said. vacancies per school. And now it’s only three years away.”

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Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: The Legacy of Army Nurse Corps Pioneer Nancy Leftenant-Colon

Minority Nurse

She retired as a chief nurse in 1965. Suffolk County Legislator Jason Richberg, who presented her with a proclamation in 2022, described her as a “firecracker.” Bush, the highest civilian honor awarded by Congress. A Humble Hero Despite her achievements, Leftenant-Colon remained grounded.

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Nursing Trends You'll See In 2022

Diversity Nursing

Many factors play into the staffing crisis like the pandemic, retiring Nurses, and high rates of burnout. Rhonda Thompson, DNP, CNO and SVP of Patient Care Services at Phoenix Children's Hospital told Beckers Hospital Review , "The nursing shortage affecting health systems nationwide will continue to be a challenge in 2022.

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How CNOs Can Avoid Nurse Turnover and Knowledge Gaps

Health Leaders | Nursing

Retired nurses offer coaching and mentoring to Novant Health's novice nurses to solve retention challenges. The program not only helps solve retention challenges, but also retains the expertise of experienced nurses to avoid knowledge gaps that can occur when nurses retire and new nurses join the care team.