Comments on: Retaining veteran nurses may help solve nation’s nursing shortage, report says http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/07/retaining-veteran-nurses-may-help-solve-nations-nursing-shortage-report-says/ Good news in trying times. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:19:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Betsy Smith, Phd http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/07/retaining-veteran-nurses-may-help-solve-nations-nursing-shortage-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-1371 Betsy Smith, Phd Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:44:20 +0000 http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/07/retaining-veteran-nurses-may-help-solve-nations-nursing-shortage-report-says/#comment-1371 The keys to keeping mature nurses in the profession are to focus on the intrinsic needs of the nurses. When we convince organizations and nurses that they must: 1. practice self-care before patient care 2. find techniques to shift from the "nurse" role back into "person" role 3. find work/life balance 4. establish personal boundaries 5. identify and live their passion 6. discover and integrate personal values we will see the end to the revolving door of the nursing profession. The keys to keeping mature nurses in the profession are to focus on the intrinsic needs of the nurses. When we convince organizations and nurses that they must:
1. practice self-care before patient care
2. find techniques to shift from the “nurse” role back into “person” role
3. find work/life balance
4. establish personal boundaries
5. identify and live their passion
6. discover and integrate personal values

we will see the end to the revolving door of the nursing profession.

]]> By: Trigga http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/07/retaining-veteran-nurses-may-help-solve-nations-nursing-shortage-report-says/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 Trigga Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:30:58 +0000 http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/07/retaining-veteran-nurses-may-help-solve-nations-nursing-shortage-report-says/#comment-1369 The problem is some of these older nurses need to retire because they can't keep up. The ideal age range for a proficient and capable nurse is between 30 and 55 years old. Maybe the economy's woes will push more into nursing. The key to maintaining nurses is to value them as caregivers not as paper pushers! The problem is some of these older nurses need to retire because they can’t keep up. The ideal age range for a proficient and capable nurse is between 30 and 55 years old. Maybe the economy’s woes will push more into nursing. The key to maintaining nurses is to value them as caregivers not as paper pushers!

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