This
Issues Feature Article – Sponsored
by Lloyd Healthcare Staffing
Nursing
Shortage Fact Sheet
The United States is in the midst of a nursing
shortage that is expected to intensify as baby
boomers age and the need for health care grows.
Compounding the problem is the fact that nursing
colleges and universities across the country are
struggling to expand enrollment levels to meet
the rising demand for nursing care.
The
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is
concerned
about the nursing shortage
and is working with member schools, policy makers,
kindred organizations, and the media to bring
attention to this health care crisis. AACN is directing
its
efforts toward enacting legislation, identifying
strategies, and forming collaborations to address
the nursing shortage. To keep stakeholders abreast
of current statistics related to the shortage,
this fact sheet has been developed and will be
updated on a regular basis. A companion Web resource
has also been created.
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 Can Someone PLEASE Explain Travel Nursing To Me?– Sponsored
by Aerohealth
by Conrad Lopez
Part
One
One of the fastest growing segments of the nursing “industry” is
a concept known as travel nursing. Whether it is
because of the nursing shortage, underpaid nurses in some
parts of
the
country, labor unrest, or simply wanderlust, this
phenomena has taken the nursing profession by storm
and shows no sign
of letting up.
I
get lots of emails at nursetown.com asking questions about travel
nursing, so let’s take a look
at some of those most often asked by our readers and see if we
can shed a little light.
Article
continues...
 Nurse
Enjoys Diversity of Travel Assignments– Sponsored
by Medical
Express
By Claire Brocato, feature writer
Like many nurses, Jessica Trivett, RN, knew from a
young age that she was destined to work in a care-giving
environment.
However,
it wasn’t until she’d
graduated from nursing school and began working
in a community
hospital in Freehold, New Jersey, that she realized
she could travel the country, make new friends and
enjoy a flexible lifestyle while making a difference
in the lives of others.
Article
continues...
 Do
you have a career you love? You can– Sponsored
by Lloyd Healthcare Staffing
by BZ Riger-Hull
Contrary to some circles of thought
we are not supposed to be miserable. Slogging through
the day, the workweek,
and life because we should, because we have to,
because what we really have a passion for and is
fun for us doesn't seem "responsible" or
what we "should" be doing to make a living.
Work
and careers take up 50 to 75 percent of our time that we are
awake. Come to think of it for
most of us it takes up a good percentage of the
time we are a sleep too. Why not spend those hours
doing something you love?
Article
continues...
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Alarm! Nursing Burnout.
We
see some interesting writing come through our discussion
groups but none has touched
me as deeply as the recent
exchanges regarding burnout in the job. This subject
seems particularly appropriate in light of the findings
in our lead article on the nursing shortage. Read
on...
From
(name and address withheld):
“How
humiliating! Over 20 years as an RN, LPN, NA to lead
to this...burnout. I found I hit a wall
with a splat,
crashed to the ground with a thud, and laid with my
eggs fried. I am now faced with a family with no health
insurance,
no assured income... The guilt and humility is overwhelming.
I cry all the time. I look to see what other options
I have but all the seems to need with a nurse with
a license is back to more of what I just came from.
This
is simplistic story because there are other forces
at work but frankly I'm dead and I can't force myself
another
step.
I
know other nurses have been or are in this boat but
none-the-less I feel so alone. My family and
husband,
believe me don't understand. Their philosophy is I
can make myself do anything IF I just would do it.
I am thinking
of leaving my husband frequently because of his badgering,
insulting, and hurtful verbal slamming of this predicament.
I wish I had never gone to nursing school, a thing
I was once proud of.”
Name and address withheld
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