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Elevating the voice of nurses through advocacy

American Nurse

This bipartisan bill would create a 5-year pilot project for schools of nursing to apply for grants from the Health Resources & Services Administration to supplement the difference between what faculty nurses are paid versus what equally trained critical care nurses earn.

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

Daily Nurse

And we need to ensure that the nurses graduating are practice-ready because they are not. We need to understand most nurses in acute care and long-term care settings now are novice nurses or nurses who have only been in the profession for a few years. But we have to invest in our nurses.