We don’t really know how many health-care workers we have across the country. We have 13 completely different health-care systems, and we don’t have very effective health workforce data to understand trends like inflows and outflows. This raises many questions. Are we training enough medical professionals? Are we making the job attractive enough to retain the ones we have trained?
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“We talked about nursing shortages and how important it is to have trained individuals all throughout the spectrum. I’m really proud of the work they’re doing here in Princeton.” Capito said. One way this shortage is already being addressed is the new nursing program at Concord University, which has been funded in part with federal dollars due to Capito and
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Mila, who has cerebral palsy, still required the care of a home nurse, as she recovered last fall from having a tracheotomy — a surgical opening in the throat to help her breath. But there were no home nurses available. So, due to staffing shortages and cracks in the health care system — but not due to medical need —
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“Lutheran Health Network is taking action to develop, recruit and retain qualified nurses, and has recognized the need to approach nursing care in new and innovative ways in response to nursing shortages in our region and around the country,” Sarah Knisely-King, chief nursing officer at Lutheran Hospital, said. The Lutheran Health Network in partnership with Jersey College created an onsite
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The head of the Winnipeg’shealth authoritysays the health-care system isbeginning to see the benefits ofprovincial financial incentives announced months agoto help address Manitoba nursing shortages. The province announced $200-million last fall to hire 2,000 more health-care workers, provide a range of incentives to keep workers in Manitoba and toattract others to work in the province. Health Minister Audrey Gordon said
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UPI) —Frontline nurses faced understaffing, burnout and underappreciation, driving thousands to quit their jobs during the pandemic, several experts told members of Congress on Thursday. In fact, a McKinsey Global Institute report in May found that by 2025, the United States could be short up to 450,000 nurses. “Nurses are often considered the oxygen of any healthcare setting, so
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Thenurse practitioner position is the number one best healthcare job in 2023for several reasons. There have been nursing shortages in the U.S. before, but this one is different in many ways. I have already seen nursing shortages, first in the late 1980s and again at the beginning of this decade. Experts say the current nursing shortage is culminating in the
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Nurses were a hot topic on medical Twitter this past weekend when the ophthalmologist and comedian known as Dr. Glaucomflecken posed a hypothetical scenario to healthcare professionals: What would you ask your hospital’s chief medical officer for if you could request one change that they would have to make (besides more money for yourself)? “Can I ask for more money for the
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A Scottish health board has been fined £180,000 over the death of a vulnerable patient who sustained fatal head injuries in hospital “due to a lack of nursing staff”. During a hearing at Inverness Sheriff Court on 31 January 2023, NHS Highland pled guilty to a breach of health and safety regulations in relation to the case. Ward staff made
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“WRHA is committed to eliminating mandatory overtime, which is only used as a last resort when all other options have been exhausted to balance patient and staff safety,” said a spokesperson, noting WRHAis focused on reducing the existing nurse vacancy rate and lowering the number of overall overtime hours. “Those options include voluntary overtime, asking part-time nurses to pick up
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