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To Build the Workforce, We Need More Nurse Educators

Nurse.com

The causes included insufficient numbers of nurse faculty, clinical sites, classroom space, clinical preceptors , and budget constraints. This study also estimated that one-third of nurse educators in 2015 would be retired by 2025. “It nursing schools were turned away in 2021. And now it’s only three years away.”

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Understanding Nursing Shortages in the U.S. for 2023

Daily Nurse

Retirement : Another issue is the substantial number of nurses nearing retirement age. Per a 2020 National Nursing Workforce Study conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the average age for a registered nurse (RN) was 52 years old, potentially signaling a large wave of retirements over the next 15 years.