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Is Becoming an LPN Worth It? Pros vs. Cons of Licensed Practical Nursing

Registered Nursing

Pros of Becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Stepping into nursing as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) can be an exciting and rewarding choice. While not as lucrative as registered nursing, it offers a stable income, often accompanied by benefits such as healthcare, retirement plans, and educational opportunities.

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Satisfaction Guarantees? Data Reveals What Motivates and Retains Traveling Nurses 

Daily Nurse

Other motivators included freedom and flexibility at 71%, followed by a sense of adventure (39%), work-life balance (28%), and an “ability to focus on the patient, not hospital politics” at 22%. Work-life balance ” grew by another four points, as did the ability to focus on the patient, “not the politics.”

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The uphill battle to bring the next generation of nurses: challenges & solutions

Nurse Deck

Causes of this include work burnout due to understaffing, mismatch in values, lack of reward, and generally, job dissatisfaction. Aging healthcare workforce population Every year, the existing nursing population dwindles as experienced nurses hit the age of retirement. Some even choose to retire early.

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Frontline Feedback: What Traveling Nurses Can Tell Us About Career Satisfaction

The Gypsy Nurse

Drilling down further, additional reasons in order of significance include freedom and flexibility, adventure, better work-life balance , and the ability to focus on patients versus hospital politics. Satisfaction in staying The majority of nurses saw workloads increase during the pandemic.

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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

As for working on the floor, rules must be established for safe patient assignments; floating should include thorough orientation and training, and every code or major incident should require debriefing so that bedside nurses feel adequately trained and prepared and their licenses protected.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers

Health Leaders | Nursing

Simply put, specialists tend to live and work in well-populated areas, where they can work near large health systems and have access to a large patient base. The only time you'll likely find a gastroenterologist or neurologist in rural America is if they've retired there. The work-life balance isn't bad," she adds.

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6 Creative Strategies To Solve the Nursing Shortage

Nurse.com

War-torn and tired, working in a beleaguered healthcare system, we witnessed the cracks emerging in each other and within the very organizations we worked. We watched as the first wave of nurses opted to retire early or leave the profession to maintain their sanity. Nurses were burning out, and our healthcare model was breaking.