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To Build the Workforce, We Need More Nurse Educators

Nurse.com

When Susan Bindon, DNP, RN, NPD-BC, CNE, CNE-cl, FAAN, explained the need for nurse educators, her description was succinct. “In In a word — critical,” said Bindon, an associate professor and assistant dean for faculty development at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. nursing schools were turned away in 2021.

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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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What is Rapid Response Nursing? 

Daily Nurse

Rapid Response Nursing “Contrary to common misconceptions, rapid response nursing isn’t solely about dashing from one Code Blue to another,” says Sarah Lorenzini, MSN-ED, RN, CCRN, CEN , a rapid response nurse, educator, and host of the Rapid Response RN podcast. How Did the Rapid Response Concept Gain Traction?

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Effective clinical learning for nursing students

American Nurse

The challenge A longstanding shortage of nursing school faculty and a reliance on new graduate nurses to serve as preceptors create challenges to properly preparing nursing students for a demanding role that requires excellent critical thinking skills.

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On leaving and loving nursing

American Nurse

Gone are the days when one entered the profession as a bedside nurse and existed as one at retirement. of newly licensed RNs, these cohorts of new nurses don’t stay very long at the bedside; similar patterns have been noted worldwide. Not auspicious data next to the ever-increasing nursing shortage.

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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

The AACN’s report showed that schools often reject qualified applications due to inadequate faculty, professors, clinical sites, clinical preceptors, and budget constraints [5]. This means that even with increased interest in nursing education, nursing programs cannot churn out new graduate nurses quickly enough to fill job openings.

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Precepting: Crucial to Retaining and Helping New Nurses Succeed

Nurse.com

One thing that can ease the transition and help retain new nurses is nurse precepting, said Solimar Figueroa, PhD, RN, MHA, P-PCA, a clinical collaborator for the American Academy for Preceptor Advancement (AAPA). The course fulfills one of the requirements for the AAPA’s Preceptor Specialist Certification.