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Rethinking Our Careers
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Nurses nationwide have been rethinking their roles in the field, and news organizations have been increasingly improving their coverage of the nursing workforce crisis. The latest is KSDK in St. Louis, which surveyed 749 St. Louis nurses, 77% of whom considered leaving the profession in the past year, and produced an in-depth look at the challenges nurses face in St. Louis and across Missouri. Check out the data-rich result.
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Bring Nurses to the Table
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It doesn’t take rocket science to know that providing nurses with adequate support is key to nurse retention. But what does supporting nurses mean in 2023, with the pandemic winding down, burnout still high, and overall exhaustion a part of the new normal? The first step is involving nurses in answering that question. As this article notes, management and nurses can then define what “wellness” means for today’s working nurses and their wants and needs.
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The Nurse Honor Guard
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Does your town have a local National Nurses Honor Guard Coalition chapter? These groups, such as the one in Mohawk Valley, New York, attend the funeral or memorial service of nurses who have died and pay tribute with a short ceremony similar to a military tribute. Most chapters dress in traditional white uniforms with a cap and cape and recite the Nightingale Tribute before placing a white rose on the casket or near the urn.
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