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

Scrubs

The news has been inundated with headlines about how hospitals don’t have the staff to care for the influx of patients. National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, just released a statement blaming hospitals for the recent nursing shortage.

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Taking a Seat at the Table: Why Nurse Unions are Necessary Today

Minority Nurse

BIPOC nurses can also gain more accurate representation in a healthcare system where white-dominated opinions can be at the center. Barcott mentions that some people with nurse licenses aren ’ t practicing as a nurse at all because of understaffing. There ’ s like 150,000 nurses in Washington.

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LPNs in modified care delivery models

American Nurse

Nurse leaders from a mid-Atlantic 12-hospital health system reviewed best practices for improving unit outcomes and identified a need for modified care delivery models. A care delivery model redesign, featuring licensed practical nurses) in an expert-led team-based approach was measured for success. J Nurs Manag.

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Taking a Seat at the Table: Why Nurse Unions are Necessary Today

Daily Nurse

BIPOC nurses can also gain more accurate representation in a healthcare system where white-dominated opinions can be at the center. Barcott mentions that some people with nurse licenses aren ’ t practicing as a nurse at all because of understaffing. There ’ s like 150,000 nurses in Washington.