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

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National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, just released a statement blaming hospitals for the recent nursing shortage. ” Nursing turnover has increased rapidly since the start of the pandemic. Some nurses close to retirement are leaving.”

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How to Fix the Nursing Shortage and Address Burnout: Veteran Nurse Leader Has the Answers

Daily Nurse

Amidst a sea of temporary band-aid solutions for nursing, like gig apps and travel nurses, Woods , DNP, RN, CRNP, ANP-BC, AGACNP-BC, FAAN, the Chief Nurse of Health Learning, Research and Practice, Wolters Kluwer spoke with Daily Nurse to discuss her practical, long-term solutions to address the nursing shortage and burnout.

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Part 2: 6 Ways CNOs are Improving Teamwork for 2024

Health Leaders | Nursing

Amid geopolitical conflict, financial headwinds, and ramped nursing shortages and unrest, there's a lot of healing that needs to happen. That includes getting input from every nursing council on “policy changes, practice changes, even the conversations around virtual nursing.” Starting with the healers.

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Recruiting and Retention: Bridging the Gap, Part One

Health Leaders | Nursing

Not only are there not enough nurses entering the industry, but there are also many tenured nurses who are leaving the profession or retiring, and taking their knowledge with them. Challenges Recruiting and retention challenges have always existed, but were greatly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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What Are Best Practices in Nursing Practice Redesign?

Health Leaders | Nursing

HealthLeaders talked with four nurse executives who are transforming nursing care at their respective organizations and asked each one, "What are key tips you would suggest in implementing practice redesign?" Their replies have been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Please join the community at [link].

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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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LPNs in modified care delivery models

American Nurse

They recognized that teamwork, delegation, and communication among RNs, licensed professional nurses (LPNs), and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) must play a role. See A national problem ) A national problem Acute care facilities have long faced a nationwide nursing shortage. American Nurse Journal. Nursing shortage.

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