Nurse.com

OCTOBER 3, 2023

We watched as the first wave of nurses opted to retire early or leave the profession to maintain their sanity. During this time, I remember asking other nurses what should be done to help with the impending nurse shortage. Most hospitals eventually adopted the all-BSN staff model, pushing out less educated nurses.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 5, 2025

Optimizing Scheduling and Staffing Another consequence of the nursing shortage is never-ending scheduling challenges. For nurse managers, labor shortages require them to coordinate shifts among a limited talent pool while balancing tenure, skill sets, and certifications among floor staff.

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The Gypsy Nurse

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This model has been particularly advantageous for healthcare facilities experiencing nursing shortages, seasonal peaks, or specialized care needs that require expertise that isnt available locally. In recent years, the demand for travel nurses has surged due to the strain on the healthcare system. Nursing Shortage: The U.S.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JANUARY 29, 2024

The goal behind the grant program, according to the HRSA, is to forge a pathway for students to enter the clinical environment by creating and implementing Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to Registered Nurse (RN) bridge programs, and the employment of clinical nurse faculty.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Massachusetts has taken a big step when it comes to addressing the nursing shortage in the state, but some people say it still won’t solve current staffing problems. Maura Healey signed the state’s economic development bill, which included a measure to join the Nurse Licensure Compact. On Wednesday, Gov.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

DECEMBER 2, 2024

International recruiting begins with strong communication and partnerships, according to this nurse educator. CNOs are searching everywhere for nurses at all stages of their careers to help fill the critical workforce gaps left by the nursing shortage.

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The Gypsy Nurse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

As of September 5, 2023, Pennsylvania is now permitting Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) with multistate licenses (MSL) from compact states to practice in the state. In this article, we’ll discuss NLC and multistate licenses, as well as some of the best places to visit in Pennsylvania.

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SelfCare for HealthCare

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The country may see a nursing shortage of between 200,000 and 450,000 registered nurses (RNs) by 2025 if healthcare stakeholders and federal leaders do not take action to address the dwindling workforce, according to a report from McKinsey & Company. Among those RNs, 15 percent intended to leave the workforce altogether.

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American Nurse

JULY 2, 2024

To address the nursing shortage, we must take this crucial step. In a 2022 Viewpoint, I highlighted actions to address the nursing workforce shortage. Tackling the nursing shortage to achieve sustainable positive change requires reworking the current system of care.

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Registered Nursing

APRIL 28, 2025

To address this shortage and enhance workforce mobility, the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) allows nurses to practice in multiple states with a single license. jurisdictions have enacted the NLC , facilitating cross-state practice for nurses and improving access to care. As of April 2025, 43 U.S.

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Relias

JUNE 2, 2023

Healthcare organizations need to take innovative and strategic approaches to overcome the challenges of the current healthcare landscape, and nursing shortage solutions are one of the first needs to address. 62% of nurses reported an increase in workload during the pandemic. Male LPNs/LVNs increased from 8.1%

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Scrubs

MARCH 30, 2023

Some one million nurses with active RN licenses are not working due to unsafe working conditions, according to National Nurses United, the largest nursing union in the country. The bill, known as The Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, was authored by Sen.

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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

.* 9, 10 Geriatric NPs, meanwhile, earn an average geriatric nurse salary of $107,990, compared to the $109,053 salary of general NPs.* 11 , 12 With an aging population and the ongoing nursing shortage , geriatric nurse jobs are available. Earn an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

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American Nurse

MARCH 2, 2023

Paramedics can play an essential role as healthcare evolves and organizations struggle to meet an increasing health demands in the midst of a nursing shortage. As nursing shortages around the United States continue to grow, including in emergency departments (EDs), hospital systems seek innovative solutions. 2023; 18(3).

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Diversity Nursing

OCTOBER 2, 2024

An important goal of this campaign is to highlight that a weather disaster is yet another challenge in a long list of issues already straining the nursing profession: the coronavirus pandemic, a nursing shortage, increased workplace violence, and worrisome burnout rates, to name a few.

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Post University

JANUARY 21, 2025

Not only are the needs of patients becoming more complex, but the number of nurses has also started to dwindle. Nurses are facing extreme burnout, causing many to leave the profession and, in turn, underscoring the need for effective and intuitive nurse leaders. It is an ideal option for nurses who aspire to work in academia.

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American Nurse

AUGUST 30, 2023

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. The reason?

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Daily Nurse

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Despite ongoing nursing shortages that plague our healthcare system, millions of nurses keep punching the proverbial clock day after day — it’s what we’re trained to do. Thanks to the nurses who saved him, he subsequently had the opportunity to undergo triple bypass surgery and live to tell the tale.

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Daily Nurse

JUNE 13, 2025

As the nursing profession confronts persistent workforce shortages, the Community College of Denver (CCD) is stepping up with a game-changing solution for Colorado and beyond.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Just ask any licensed registered nurse. But more and more students are having trouble passing the exam, which is only compounding the ongoing nurse shortage. Passing the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX) isn’t easy. Experts believe the COVID-19 pandemic is largely to blame.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Today, the group met with lawmakers to discuss various policies that will address the nurse shortage, workplace violence, and other issues the union says is pushing providers out of the profession.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In the world of nursing, consistent rates of students graduating from nursing programs, becoming licensed, and successfully entering the workforce are critical to the long-term viability of the nursing profession and the healthcare system itself. When nursing school capacity is hobbled, our profession and society suffer.

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American Nurse

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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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Health Leaders | Nursing

JULY 5, 2023

The Roanoke campus will feature the latest resources—from advanced patient simulation labs to classroom environments designed to encourage practice-based learning—to provide nursing students with a hands-on learning experience. Mississippi’s nursing shortage makes this project particularly vital, Lt.

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American Nurse

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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 Nurses Prof Dev.

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Every Nurse

JULY 25, 2023

Before you can begin working as a registered nurse, you must complete a series of steps that will take several years to gain the necessary education, clinical training, and experience you need to meet the requirements for testing, licensing, and certification. Earning an ADN is a great way to begin your nursing career.

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Daily Nurse

MAY 11, 2023

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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Health Leaders | Nursing

MARCH 5, 2023

Care models had not wavered much since hospitals became medicalized in the early 20 th century, and particularly since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) were created in 1965, says Jason Gilbert, PhD MBA RN NEA-BC , executive vice president and chief nurse executive, Indiana University Health.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 11, 2023

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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Scrubs

JUNE 8, 2023

The Canadian licensed vocational nurse ended her 15-year career in healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic after her applications to nursing school kept getting rejected. “I She decided to enroll in a 12-week truck driving program, eventually earning her commercial driver’s license (CDL), which cost around $8,000.

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Post University

AUGUST 15, 2024

Amid the nursing shortage crisis, many leaders in the healthcare profession are encouraging nurses to continue their education and develop the advanced practice skills needed to specialize in the nursing profession. One in-demand advanced practice nursing roles is the nurse practitioner (NP).

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Scrubs

AUGUST 4, 2023

I have job stability The nursing shortage isn’t as bad as it used to be, but finding and keeping a decent job in the nursing field isn’t too much of a challenge. Most new nurses manage to find jobs shortly after passing their NCLEX, and there are plenty of seasoned nurses who have never had trouble finding good jobs.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

JULY 17, 2023

As nurse executives consider new care models to adapt to nursing shortages, involving their team members in the process is critical to success, says Kit Bredimus, DNP, RN, CPEN, CNML, NE-BC, CENP, NEA-BC, FACHE, FAONL, FNAP , chief nursing officer at Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas. Are the models working?

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Nurse bullying has received significant study, including the National Library of Medicine ’s documentation of this unfortunate phenomenon: Nurse bullying is a systemic, pervasive problem that begins well before nursing school and continues throughout a nurse’s career.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The NCSBN ID can be used in a central database to keep track of nurses and build the workforce, according to the NCSBN. Amid the nursing shortage, health systems are struggling to recruit and retain qualified nurses who want to continue being a part of the industry. Schwartz said. "If

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Empowered Nurses

JUNE 8, 2023

Your first thought is probably “I don’t want to commit malpractice; I want to provide the best care for my patients, and I want to protect my license.” Here’s the scene: you walk into work for your 12-hour shift and immediately find yourself facing an exceptionally heavy patient load. What can you do?

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American Nurse

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In Response to: In search of staffing solutions Dear Editor, The article discussed creative solutions to combat the nursing shortage. In a related article by Jean (2023) there are six proven strategies nursing executives are using to combat the nursing shortage. Addressing Nursing Shortages: Options for States.

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