A sampling of strategies to keep experienced nurses on the job

by Susan Trossman, RN

They're often described as veterans or die-hards. They're hospital nurses who've been through it all: team nursing, SOAP charting, downsizing and DRGs. But their numbers are dwindling, and many are poised to retire within the next 10 to 15 years. That's if they don't quit sooner.

Florida Nurses Association member Nancy Hartley knows senior RNs who left the profession largely because of the ever-increasing workload.

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Nursing groups unite to address shortage

'Call to the Profession' spawns strategies to move nursing forward

National nursing organizations have united around a shared vision for the future of the profession and recently developed a strategic plan to address the complex, interrelated factors that have created a growing shortage of nurses.

The plan, Nursing's Agenda for the Future, focuses on strategies that will move the profession forward in quantum leaps, thereby ensuring that consumers have access to high-quality nursing care.

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ANA celebrates National Nurses Week

Celebrating the key role nurses have always played in caring for America, ANA saluted nurses across the country during National Nurses Week, May 6-12, with the theme "Nurses Care for America." This theme not only reflects the many ways in which nurses consistently deliver quality patient care and advocate for their patients but also draws attention to the important value society places on nurses, as evidenced, for example, in the nursing profession's consistently high rankings in the annual CNN/USA Today/Gallup "Honesty and Ethics" polls.

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