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Preceptors: Essential to nurse retention

American Nurse

The learning that occurs when a student or new nurse works with a preceptor can prove pivotal in their professional journey. Preceptors—who educate students, new graduates, and new employees in the clinical environment—continue to demonstrate a positive effect on recruitment, onboarding, and retention. million and $5.8

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Explore Best RN to BSN Programs Near Hartford, Connecticut

Registered Nursing

Add looming retirements, 25 percent of Connecticut's nursing workforce is over age 55, and the door is wide open for working RNs who want the management, informatics, and community‑health skills baked into a BSN. Placement Help: Ask if the program secures preceptors. Hartford Advantage: Why Level‑Up to a BSN Here?

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Understanding Nursing Shortages in the U.S. for 2023

Daily Nurse

Five significant issues impacting ongoing nursing shortages include: Turnover : In February 2023, the National Library of Medicine reported that the average turnover rate nationwide was 8.8% Retirement : Another issue is the substantial number of nurses nearing retirement age.

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How CNOs Can Avoid Nurse Turnover and Knowledge Gaps

Health Leaders | Nursing

Retired nurses offer coaching and mentoring to Novant Health's novice nurses to solve retention challenges. The program not only helps solve retention challenges, but also retains the expertise of experienced nurses to avoid knowledge gaps that can occur when nurses retire and new nurses join the care team.

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To Build the Workforce, We Need More Nurse Educators

Nurse.com

Its Survey on Vacant Faculty Positions for Academic Year 2022-2023 reported that 8.8% The causes included insufficient numbers of nurse faculty, clinical sites, classroom space, clinical preceptors , and budget constraints. This study also estimated that one-third of nurse educators in 2015 would be retired by 2025. “It

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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

In the recent Nurse.org 2023 State of Nursing report, 91% of nurses said they believed the nursing shortage was continuing to worsen, citing burnout, poor working conditions, insufficient pay, and lack of appreciation as the primary reasons. March 23, 2023. nurse.org/docs/State+of+Nursing+-+2023.pdf References Advisory Board.

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On leaving and loving nursing

American Nurse

If they didn’t retire, what careers did they transition into? Gone are the days when one entered the profession as a bedside nurse and existed as one at retirement. What the NCSBN and other nursing workforce studies don’t report is what became of the ex-nurses. What are they doing now? Did they leave the profession entirely?