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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

I’ve worked as a staff nurse, nurse educator, manager, and director of different critical care in hospitals, and then I went on and became a nurse practitioner. As a critical care NP, I work weekends for Penn Medicine Chester County Hospita l and teach undergraduate nursing. But we have to invest in our nurses.

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Addressing social determinants of health

American Nurse

Addressing SDOH isn’t new to nurses, said Roberta Waite, EdD, MSN, RN, PMH-CNS, ANEF, FAAN, dean and chief nursing officer at Georgetown University School of Nursing. Nursing has been paying attention to these specific issues that influence health almost since the beginning of the profession,” she observed.

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2022: The Year of the Value of the Nurse

Capitol Beat

This year was a busy and turbulent time for all of us as we continued to navigate life under the COVID-19 pandemic—and nobody knows this more than nurses and healthcare workers. The trucking and aviation industries have federal mandatory overtime protections—nursing and health care are long overdue for the same safeguards.