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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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Utah Grants Full Practice Authority to Nurse Practitioners

Health Leaders | Nursing

The National Academy of Medicine's The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report recommends that nurses be allowed to "practice to the full extent of their education and training by removing barriers that prevent them from more fully addressing social needs and social determinants of health and improving healthcare access, quality, and value."

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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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The Call for Greater Autonomy in Nursing

Nurse.com

As discussed in the Institute of Medicine’s (now the National Academy of Medicine) The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path To Achieve Health Equity report , nurses should be included as full partners (with physicians and other healthcare professionals) in redesigning healthcare in the U.S.

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Critical Nursing Shortage Jeopardizes the Health of our Communities, Pending NYS Bill Can Help

Daily Nurse

This has resulted in large numbers of nurses and other healthcare workers retiring or simply leaving the profession. Source: American Hospital Association ) New York State faces an estimated shortage of more than 39,000 registered nurses by 2030. ( million healthcare workers by 2026. million healthcare workers by 2026.

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Are Hospitals to Blame for the Nursing Shortage? Nurses and Hospitals Weigh In

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as a whole, citing a report from the Department of Health and Human Services that estimates there will be enough nurses to meet the country’s healthcare needs through 2030. HHS projected a glut of nurses in Florida of 55,000 from 2017 to 2030,” Brogan notes. Some nurses close to retirement are leaving.”