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Sustaining Excellence: Knowledge Transfer and Strategic Planning in Nursing Leadership

American Nurse

As I approach retirement, I find myself reflecting on proactive strategies to share my knowledge and mentor the next generation of leaders to effectively navigate healthcare system challenges and improve patient outcomes. Additionally, an estimated 70,000 nurses, including leaders, are expected to retire annually. Lacross et al.

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The Relentless School Nurse: The OpEd Nurses are Asking “Fellow Americans, Did We Sign Up for This?”

The Relentless School Nurse

Gaffney About the Authors Teri Mills, RN emeritus, is an adult nurse practitioner (retired), the 2019 Oregon Nurse of the Year, and former president of the National Nursing Network Organization. Donna Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN, is a psychotherapist, advanced practice psychiatric mental health nurse, educator, and author.

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The World Can Use Our Help: A Nurse’s Thoughts on Retirement

Amercan Journal of Nursing

After a varied, fulfilling, and fascinating 43-year career as a nurse, I finally retired. But my husband and I had planned to move across the country when we retired, from Connecticut to California where our daughter and her family were living. ” But where was a retired nurse needed? Back to square one.

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Nurses With DNP Degree Are Sorely Needed in Health Care and Education

Nurse.com

Their education prepares them not only to make a difference at the bedside but also in systems of care, according to a paper in Nursing Outlook. A 2019 survey of 892 nursing schools with baccalaureate and/or graduate degree programs uncovered 1,637 faculty vacancies, according to AACN’s Special Survey on Vacant Faculty Positions.

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CPNP-PC Exam Replaces Retired PPCNP-BC Exam

Board Vitals - Nursing

According to a joint statement by the PNCB and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC): “Due to a continual low volume of test takers and the availability of the PNCB certification, the ANCC Commission on Certification decided to retire the PPCNP-BC certification. Those are the details of this most recent exam change.

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The Strategies One Nursing School Used to Combat Workplace Incivility

Health Leaders | Nursing

Incivility among nurse educators—bullying, disrespect, harassment—is growing and affects new nurses’ view of nursing as a profession, according to a new study published in NursingCenter. When 100% of the nursing faculty at one upstate New York reported incivility as a major departmental issue, they reversed course.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Do You Believe No Child in America Should Go Hungry? Congress Has Other Priorities.

The Relentless School Nurse

Educate and Empower Others Share children’s books like Lulu and the Hunger Monster to spark empathy and awareness. A few hours a month at a food pantry, school meal program, or community garden can make a difference. Start a school backpack program or support existing ones that send food home with students on weekends.