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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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MSN – Case Management Specialization Graduate Returns to Post University for a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Degree

Post University

And in early 2022, she became the commander of the 422nd Medical Squadron at Royal Air Force Croughton in the United Kingdom. Furthering Her Education With a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Although Debra did not intend to go back to school again, her promotion to commander in 2022 sparked a change of heart.

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Texas Army Nurse Prepares for Next Chapter in Leadership with MSN

Post University

When things settled down in 2022, she was moved to the cardiac and vascular intensive care unit. Ill be retiring from the military at some point soon, and I wanted to make myself more marketable as a civilian nurse. Lisa, who earned her MSN in the fall 2024, is planning for her next life chapter: retirement from the military.

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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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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.