In April of 2007, the Connecticut Hospital Association published a report demanding the state, colleges, and hospitals take action to address the Constitution state’s nursing shortage. As of the date of the report, Connecticut had about 23,500 RNs, which is roughly 6,000 short of the number required to meet demand. And while that may be [...]
If you’re a travel nurse who’s wondering about their career options in the future, you can rest assured that the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) is doing all they can to keep the nursing shortage going strong. The part about you always having job opportunities, that’s the good news. The bad [...]
Imagine being on a waiting list for four years just to enter a nursing program. Now, imagine that scenario in Colorado, which is among the top-ten states in this nation’s nursing shortage. Here’s the problem - Nurshing schools in Colorado don’t have enough nurses with advanced degrees to teach students in the 11 programs spread [...]
If you asked Donna Greenwood if 26 years in nurse education have taught her anything, she might tell you it’s taught her to understand that healthcare equality doesn’t exist between rural and urban America. After teaching at Carroll College in Montana for those 26 years, Donna took advantage of a sabbatical and visited public health [...]
A new study in Canada has indicated that nearly one of every twenty of the country’s nurses has acknowledged that they have made a mistake in medicating patients on an occasional or frequent basis.
The StatsCan study claims that nurses who work overtime or in healthcare settings where resources an manpower are stretched thin were more [...]
Many of us - travelers and non-travelers - are working more and more hours. It’s easy to wonder who’s out there watching out for your profession and making sure Congress and other regulatory agencies are behind your best interests. The good news is the ANA (American Nurses Association) is taking care of your industry.
According to [...]
Nurse Education
One of the most obvious ways to combat dwindling nurse staffing levels (besides enacting legislation to protect patient ratios) is to make nursing more attractive, education potential nursing students about the career potential nursing holds and remove the barriers to receiving quality nursing education. Rep. Lois Capps, a nurse serving in Congress, has proposed [...]
The concept of having a travel nurse’s license recognized mutually by states that belong to the Nurse Licensure Compact generally increases the ability of travel nurses (and nurses in general) to find assignments and employment in a number of states. It also allows for the delivery of new, innovative practices such as telenursing.
As well, the [...]
How The Multistate Licensure Model Works
The model is very similar to the current driver’s license model. Someone holding a driver’s license in his/her home state is allowed by law to drive in other states without applying for a driver’s license in each state they drive through. Although requirements to obtain a driver’s license are very [...]
The travel nurse life can be a busy one, right? Well, below you’ll find two books by travel nurses who apparently found the time to write, and publish, their books about travel nursing.
Hitting the Road: A Guide to Travel Nursing by Shalon Kearney is an overview of travel nursing with guidance on how to work [...]