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The Nursing Shortage: Looking Ahead to 2023

Nurse.com

Statistics show the nursing shortage is still a crisis, but 2023 could be a turning point. Front-line nurse don’t need numbers to know that the nursing shortage is wreaking havoc on their workplaces. The financial cost of the nursing shortage couldn’t be clearer. Numbers tell a dire story.

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How Nurse Licensure Compacts Can Ease Chronic Nursing Shortages

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurse Licensure Compacts (NLCs) may be “one tool in the toolbox” to help ease chronic nursing shortages reaching into every state and practically every health facility, says Nicole Livanos , director of state affairs at the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN).

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Here Are 4 Ways CNOs Can Drive Down Costs

Health Leaders | Nursing

Cost containment is an issue throughout all of healthcare, and because of the nursing shortage, keeping costs down has become an even more difficult task. According to Gail Vozzella, senior vice president and chief nurse executive at Houston Methodist, the nursing shortage drives up labor costs and turnover costs in nursing.

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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

Concerns of a nationwide nursing shortage have loomed for decades, and the COVID-19 pandemic only fast-tracked the profession toward crisis. Nursing is integral to safe healthcare delivery, and the threat of a nursing shortage should concern everyone. They sense, perceive, connect, communicate, and solve.

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Can Virtual Nursing Can Solve the Staffing Crisis?

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. “Bidirectional audio and video technology was installed and configured for each of the patient rooms and interfaced with the electronic health record to enable the nurse to seamlessly video conference with the patient,” said Sylvain Trepanier, RN, chief nursing officer at health system Providence.

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Recruiting and Retention: Bridging the Gap, Part One

Health Leaders | Nursing

The nursing shortage became more evident as large numbers of nurses left the industry or went to agencies, and academic pipelines were disrupted, Vozzella said. A graduating class of nurses can now include people from several age brackets, and people who are second-career nurses, and their needs are all going to be different.

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4 Problems CNOs Need to Solve in 2024

Health Leaders | Nursing

The 2024 HealthLeaders CNO Exchange wrapped up last week in Florida after three days of enthusiastic idea-sharing and elevated discussion about the biggest topics in nursing. Creative recruiting Recruiting is a huge piece of the puzzle, especially amid the nursing shortage. See more key takeaways from the 2024 CNO Exchange here.