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The LPN Role in Long Term Care: The Backbone of Patient-Centered Care

CynaMed

This is where the LPN shines in long-term care, stepping in to provide hands-on support and ensure that patients receive the personal attention they need. Previously, doctors often focused on treating diseases rather than emphasizing prevention and promoting a healthy lifestyle to avoid illness in the first place. CynaMed Can Help!

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LPNs in modified care delivery models

American Nurse

The American Hospital Association reported a 30% loss in the nursing workforce between 2019 and 2020; the United States will need 200,000 RNs each year to replace retirements alone. These retirements result in job openings, which frequently are filled by new nurses with limited clinical exposure. in 2021 to 5.0% in 2021 to 13.5%

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Nurses on What Keeps Them from Leaving the Healthcare Industry

Scrubs

I have had an awful job, in awful places, with limited employment rights and rubbish pay, plus the threat of redundancy looming all the time and no promotion prospects. Teresa Practically, I’m so close to retirement, I need to maximize my superannuation. Mandy I’ve been a nurse for 16 years, CNA LPN CPhT to RN.

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South Carolina Board of Nursing 2024 Licensure Renewal Facts

American Nurse

This mission is accomplished by assuring safe initial practice as well as continuing competency in the practice of nursing and by promoting nursing excellence in the areas of education and practice. The key question is do we have the supply we need to satisfy the demand as nurses retire and/or leave the profession.

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Nurse leaders of color: Candid conversations

American Nurse

Unfortunately, these statistics haven’t wavered much and continue at a time when nurses are retiring and leaving the workforce for various reasons, including fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most recently I was promoted from nurse manager to senior director of nursing operations and patient care services.

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A Nurse Making a Difference: Nurse Alice Benjamin

Daily Nurse

And to do that, we need to swing the pendulum and focus on preventative care, health promotion, disease identification, and early intervention because we want to keep people outside the hospital. As someone who ’ s gone back for more, I started with the LPN certificate and then ADN, and I initially thought a nurse was a nurse.

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A Nurse Making a Difference: Nurse Alice Benjamin

Minority Nurse

And to do that, we need to swing the pendulum and focus on preventative care, health promotion, disease identification, and early intervention because we want to keep people outside the hospital. As someone who ’ s gone back for more, I started with the LPN certificate and then ADN, and I initially thought a nurse was a nurse.