For sustained change and assurance of evading the forthcoming shortage, solutions must be developed in several areas: education, health care systems, policy and regulations, and image. This shortage is not exclusively a nursing issue, but will require a collaborative effort among nursing leaders, practitioners, health care executives, government, and the media.
Creating Cultures of Retention
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When Cam Traut graduated from Libertyville High School in 1982, she never thought she would walk through those doors again as an employee years later.
But in 2004, she returned to Libertyville as the school’s nurse. And in October, she will get a new title — president-elect of the Illinois Association of School Nurses. Traut has [...]

The producers of The Economic Report are pleased to announce that Chamberlain College of Nursing will be featured in an upcoming segment on topics, trends and issues related to “Education in the 21st Century” as part of the show’s Focus on Emerging Issues series.
Quality health care is crucial to the sustainability of any society. The [...]

School nurses are key health educators, with access to young people at a formative time in their lives.
“There is more to it than first aid,” says Mitzie Walker, RN, BSN, MSHSA, MAEd, interim director of school support for Chicago Public Schools (CPS). “We serve as a healthcare liaison from the medical profession to the schools, [...]