By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The childcare crisis in the United States today has become a nurse staffing crisis, especially in acute care hospitals where many nurses are in their peak childbearing years. We can no longer ignore the impact of what is happening here. I hear cries for help from managers in almost every retention workshop that I do. The … [Read more...]
When Lack of Childcare Drives Nurse Turnover
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN The Nursing Workforce in 2021 is not the same workforce we had in 2019 - especially demographically. Large numbers of Baby Boomer and Older Gen X nurses have or are in the process of retiring. 60% of the current nursing workforce are either Millennials or Generation Z. By 2025, these two generations will be closer to 75% of the … [Read more...]