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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

It’s clear that the state of the nursing shortage is at a crisis level. As an experienced bedside nurse, a recent nursing psychiatric/mental health graduate student, and a clinical adjunct faculty instructor, I have a strong opinion about what must be done. First and foremost, nurses require better pay.

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Contributing to the Profession: Why Nursing Education Matters

Minority Nurse

No one knows for certain, but I do know who can reframe the perception of nursing, and that is the nurse educator. Soul of Nursing The nurse educator is truly the master of the soul of nursing. There is not a single nurse in existence who has not passed through the skilled hands of a nurse educator.

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To Build the Workforce, We Need More Nurse Educators

Nurse.com

When Susan Bindon, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, CNE-cl, FAAN, explained the need for nurse educators, her description was succinct. “In In a word — critical,” said Bindon, an associate professor and assistant dean for faculty development at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Two shortages, one common problem.

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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

Concerns of a nationwide nursing shortage have loomed for decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic only fast-tracked the profession toward crisis. Nursing is integral to safe healthcare delivery, and the threat of a nursing shortage should concern everyone. They sense, perceive, connect, communicate, and solve.

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On leaving and loving nursing

American Nurse

The nursing shortage is as old as the dawn of modern nursing itself. Of the 38 nurses under the supervision of Florence Nightingale and who arrived with her in Scutari on November 4, 1854, three were gone by January 1855. Not auspicious data next to the ever-increasing nursing shortage. Can you imagine?

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High school nurse camp

American Nurse

A pipeline for rebuilding the nursing workforce Takeaways: Solving the nursing shortage requires creative recruitment strategies. An immersive experience at one hospital allowed students to witness the nursing role and its impact. The nurse residency coordinator served as team leader.

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Precepting: Crucial to Retaining and Helping New Nurses Succeed

Nurse.com

One thing that can ease the transition and help retain new nurses is nurse precepting, said Solimar Figueroa, PhD, RN, MHA, P-PCA, a clinical collaborator for the American Academy for Preceptor Advancement (AAPA). Preceptorship and mentorship are two different things,” Figueroa said. This isn’t what I’ve learned.’