Long Term Care Nursing Burnout Retirement 
Life of a Nurse
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
One of the largest cohorts for Registered Nurses and Physicians was 55 years and over (another significant one was 64+ old). According to RNAO (2021) 1/3 of nurses 50+ years are considering retirement within 2-5 years. The physicians have a significant pattern of retiring, leaving practices, and not entering family medicine.
Minority Nurse
JULY 5, 2023
Aneesah Coates, BSN, RN, is an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse with nearly ten years of experience in acute care, long-term care, and home health care. She is the owner of aneesahcoates.com and is passionate about helping nurses, current and aspiring, learn more about the profession.
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The Gypsy Nurse
AUGUST 21, 2024
Where would your nursing skills make the biggest impact? Some states are desperately seeking RNs to keep up with patient care demands. An aging population, nurse burnout, and a wave of retirements among experienced nurses have left many facilities scrambling to fill gaps.
Daily Nurse
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
The more significant problem is we have a nursing shortage, and we knew it before we went into the pandemic. Then, post-pandemic, we’re seeing the effects that many more people either retired or decided to leave the bedside and go into other roles. So, the fact that we have less experienced nurses at the bedside is problematic.
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
APRIL 30, 2024
My father is a retired United States Army veteran with a career focus as a physician assistant, and my mother is an educator. They have successfully led projects to improve access and outcomes in emergency rooms, urgent care centers, primary care centers, and care coordination between acute and long term care.
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Longer lifespans extend the period when patients need care, intensifying demands on an already strained healthcare system and worsening the nursing shortage. In 2022, the median age of employed registered nurses was 46 years old, and more than 25% of all RNs say they will retire or leave the nursing field within the next five years.
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