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Mitigating the Nursing Shortage Crisis: A Nurse’s Perspective

American Nurse

It’s clear that the state of the nursing shortage is at a crisis level. As an experienced bedside nurse, a recent nursing psychiatric/mental health graduate student, and a clinical adjunct faculty instructor, I have a strong opinion about what must be done. This is the state of nursing.

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How Travel Nursing Benefits Your Mental Health

The Gypsy Nurse

As a nurse, you feel it in your mind, body, and soul — and you see it in your colleagues’ weary eyes. Between an ever-growing nurse staffing shortage, an increased need for patient care, and a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, nurse burnout is at an all-time high, and nurse mental health is suffering.

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Understanding and Navigating the Nurse Shortage

Premier Medical Staffing

Job Information Job Profession: Understanding and Navigating the Nurse Shortage Job State: Job Location: Job Specialty: Job Assignment: Why is there a nurse shortage? It’s no secret that the healthcare world is experiencing a shortage of one of its main resources: nurses. Studies have projected that 1.2

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It’s OK To Say No To Protect Your Mental Health

Nurse.com

Acknowledge your worth and recognize that you’re not just a nurse ­— you’re a person with abilities and passions who deserves a healthy work-life balance. For instance, you may be asked to work overtime or to take on more patients, but you’re feeling exhausted or burned out. But the first step starts with yourself.

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The nursing shortage and what you need to know

Nurse Deck

The ongoing nursing shortage is a big problem in today’s healthcare field. Many issues in the healthcare system stem from the lack of competent nurses that can care for patients properly. This is what is going on with the nursing shortage and what you need to know about it. How bad is the nursing shortage?

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Contributed Content: Boosting Nurse Retention in Younger Generations

Health Leaders | Nursing

We’ve found that these professional development strategies help elevate the voices of our nurses and encourage their autonomy in the practice to continue bringing new ideas forward.

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UnResignation Letter Initiative Champions Nurses to Create the Future of Healthcare

Daily Nurse

ConnectRN’s “unResignation Letter” initiative is a nursing movement stemming from an open letter urging healthcare facilities to consider nursesmental health, work-life balance, and flexibility.