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Nursing Shortage Woes: How Will Current Staffing Trends Affect You as a Travel Nurse?

The Gypsy Nurse

One of the most pressing issues – as evidenced by the massive amount of media coverage – is the current nursing shortage. As a travel nurse, you might be wondering how this is going to affect your career. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing , The RN workforce is expected to grow from 3.1

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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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What Travel Nurses Taught Us About the Staffing Crisis

Minority Nurse

For the last two years, hospitals have been reliant on travel nurses, with the demand for travel nurses skyrocketing. However, turnover has recently begun to increase, and hospitals and health systems are facing a turning point in addressing the staffing shortage crisis. nursing workforce.

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A Fortuitous Career: California Nurse Leader Earns DNP Executive Leadership

Post University

He accepted his first nursing position at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, a large Level 1 trauma center. Travel Nursing to Gain Experience In the early 2000s, Chad started doing travel nursing to expand his experience and marketability. “It He expects to graduate in 2024.

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The State of Travel Nursing in 2024

The Gypsy Nurse

The travel nursing industry has gone through significant transformations in the past few years, and as we get further into 2024, we thought it was important to explore the current state of this dynamic career path. In the past several years, the travel nursing industry has grown by more than 600%, according to Supplemental Health Care.

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Nursing professional development at night

American Nurse

An innovative approach to help new graduate nurses transition into practice Takeaways: As the nursing shortage continues, more new nursing graduates will take jobs in specialty areas such as critical care. Nursing graduates face many stressors and must be supported during their transition into practice.

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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.