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

Daily Nurse

Amidst a sea of temporary band-aid solutions for nursing, like gig apps and travel nurses, Woods , DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN, the Chief Nurse of Health Learning, Research and Practice, Wolters Kluwer spoke with Daily Nurse to discuss her practical, long-term solutions to address the nursing shortage and burnout.

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AHA Exec: 'Workforce Is the Number One Concern for Hospitals Across the Country'

Health Leaders | Nursing

The hospital association says it is focusing advocacy on workplace violence, Medicare residency slots, the nursing shortage, and workforce diversity. Health systems and hospitals are facing workforce shortages across the full spectrum of their employees. The nursing shortage did not happen overnight.

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How Automation Gives Nurses More Time for Patient Care 

Daily Nurse

An ICU nurse today may be caring for three to four patients at a time while training new staff and performing other administrative tasks like clinical data abstraction. The nursing shortage, unfortunately, will only worsen as older nurses retire from the workforce.

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The Exec: What Nursing Practice Redesign, or Evolution, Looks Like at Indiana University Health

Health Leaders | Nursing

Care models had not wavered much since hospitals became medicalized in the early 20 th century, and particularly since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) were created in 1965, says Jason Gilbert, PhD MBA RN NEA-BC , executive vice president and chief nurse executive, Indiana University Health.

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CPD made easy – The experts’ guide to continuing professional development

Nursing Review

Nurses, midwives, and aged care workers in Australia are increasingly moving away from traditional employment in favour of sole trading and contracting work. The exhaustion and burnout from the COVID-19 pandemic , coupled with the national nursing shortage have contributed to the shift.

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Telephone Triage: A Necessity to Manage Pediatric Patient Flow

American Nurse

The value of these interactions was seen and now many insurance companies continue to provide reimbursement for complex or lengthy management of a patient through telephone triage (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2023). The triage nurse may not physically touch their patient, but impacts the workload of those nurses who do.