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The Relentless School Nurse: A Heartfelt Retirement Speech With an Advocacy Message

The Relentless School Nurse

We co-chaired the New Jersey State School Nurses Association (NJSSNA) Spring Conference in 2019, before the world shut down. I have seen Kathy blossom from a novice school nurse to one of New Jersey’s most valued school nurse leaders, and now to her much deserved retirement. Nurses never really retire, especially school nurses.

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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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Labor to begin paying super on paid parental leave in major win for gender equality

Nursing Review

Australian women are set to be thousands of dollars better off by the time they retire, with the government promising superannuation on paid parental leave in a landmark win for gender equality. According to Industry Super Funds, women retire with 30 per cent – or $67,000 on average – less than men.

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The Strategies One Nursing School Used to Combat Workplace Incivility

Health Leaders | Nursing

However, the faculty admitted their desire for a civil environment where they could experience joy in the workplace, so in May 2019, five nursing faculty launched an effort to address incivility and identify and implement effective strategies to create a civil environment so faculty could experience joy at work, according to the study.

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Understanding and Navigating the Nurse Shortage

Premier Medical Staffing

There are a number of factors driving this shortage, including a retirement boom, lack of educators, and of course, burnout. WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions The retirement boom The retirement boom among older nurses has created thousands of job openings in nursing. Studies have projected that 1.2

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Are Hospitals to Blame for the Nursing Shortage? Nurses and Hospitals Weigh In

Scrubs

Some nurses close to retirement are leaving.” He says many older providers have started to retire in greater numbers. Around 2010, he says the industry lost around 60,000 providers a year to retirement. In 2019, that number went up to 70,000. He also says more nurses have pursued careers in advanced practice. “We

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From Shipping & Logistics to Nursing: One Student’s Journey

Post University

His mother was a retired nurse, so healthcare was familiar to him from his years growing up around it, but it was Shad’s wife who suggested that he go to nursing school. He hopes to retire at this small, family-like facility close to home. Ready for a Change After a while, Shad was ready to do something new and less physical.