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The Alarming Trend of Seasoned Nurses Being Laid Off: Profits Over Patient Care? 

Minority Nurse

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (2022) estimated over 100,000 registered nurses left the profession and predicted that another 800,000 nurses would follow them by 2027. The top reasons reported for leaving were burnout, feeling undervalued, and a high patient-to-nurse ratio.

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Satisfaction Guarantees? Data Reveals What Motivates and Retains Traveling Nurses 

Daily Nurse

will be short 200,000 to 450,00 registered nurses for direct patient care by 2025. Research from NCSBN further reports almost 900,000 RNs intend to leave the workforce by 2027. When evaluating offers from a specific facility, traveling clinicians cared most about flexible scheduling (14%) and staff-to-patient ratios (13%).

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Nurse Leadership in Rural Health Research: An Opportunity

The Nurse Break

Under the exceptional leadership of my Nurse Unit Manager, those four months were full of new experiences including working with the Royal Flying Doctor Service to coordinate primary healthcare clinics and emergency retrievals (Photo 2).

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Top Home Health Nurse Documentation Updates for 2022 That Actually Affect Your Paycheck

The Productive Home Health Nurse

billion in home health expenditures by 2027. Needless to say, Medicare needed to figure out a better way to measure, account for, and reimburse for home health services in a way that would increase each patients’ probability of receiving quality care that was actually effective (show me some receipts!!!) Lower healthcare costs.