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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

It’s clear that the state of the nursing shortage is at a crisis level. As an experienced bedside nurse, a recent nursing psychiatric/mental health graduate student, and a clinical adjunct faculty instructor, I have a strong opinion about what must be done. First and foremost, nurses require better pay.

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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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Dual Nursing-Business Degree Prepares Nurses for Health System Leadership

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nurse leaders with healthcare economics and healthcare finance acumen are important to advocate for the profession.' A new dual advanced degree program aims to empower nurses with the expertise to advance in executive leadership and health system administration.

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On leaving and loving nursing

American Nurse

The nursing shortage is as old as the dawn of modern nursing itself. Of the 38 nurses under the supervision of Florence Nightingale and who arrived with her in Scutari on November 4, 1854, three were gone by January 1855. Not auspicious data next to the ever-increasing nursing shortage.

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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.

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High school nurse camp

American Nurse

A pipeline for rebuilding the nursing workforce Takeaways: Solving the nursing shortage requires creative recruitment strategies. An immersive experience at one hospital allowed students to witness the nursing role and its impact. The nurse residency coordinator served as team leader. Clin Nurse Spec.

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WellSpan Exec Shares Strategies to Disrupt the Nursing Sector Status Quo

Health Leaders | Nursing

HealthLeaders Podcast · Challenging the Status Quo of Nursing with Kasey Paulus: Women in Leadership Now is the time to innovate and move past outdated ways in which the nursing sector operates to better position the sector against workforce issues and care restraints. Audio of the full interview can be found here and below.