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Nurse Emeritus Combats Staff Shortages by Keeping Retired Nurses Engaged

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Jefferson Health, which operates 18 hospitals throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, recently announced it is using the Nurse Emeritus Program to keep retired nurses engaged. Experts believe some 4 million registered nurses will retire by 2030. They can walk down the hall and sense when things are not right.

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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

Nurses who are leaving the bedside aren’t retirement age. It indicated that the median age of a registered nurse is 46 and estimated that a quarter of nurses plan to retire or leave the profession over the next five years [5]. By 2030, there will be an estimated exodus of one million nurses into retirement [6].

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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.

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Nurses With DNP Degree Are Sorely Needed in Health Care and Education

Nurse.com

Overall employment of nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners is projected to grow 45% from 2020 to 2030, which is much faster than the average for all occupations, according to BLS. Another concern is that the nursing workforce is aging and retiring, creating shortages in practice, education, and leadership. “We

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The Nursing Shortage and Patient Safety

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Bureau of Labor Statistics projects 194,500 average annual openings for registered nurses, and nurse employment will grow 9% through 2030. At the same time, more nurses will retire, with more than one-fifth of the nation’s nursing workforce considering retirement within the next five years.

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Myths and Challenges of Private Duty Nursing

American Nurse

A national survey of family caregivers of children with complex medical needs reported that 52 percent of family members had to reduce their work hours, 42 percent took a leave of absence, 31 percent turned down a promotion, and 21 percent gave up working or retired early to meet the care needs of their children (Foster et al.,