Welcome to 100K Certified Nurses
Our goal is to help 100,000 nurses become certified in their specialty area by the year 2010. We would like one of them to be you!
Between 2001 and 2004, 185,000 additional nurses were added to the workforce. However, 52% of nurses report decreased satisfaction in their jobs; 72% of nurses report increased turnover. Few nurses believe that they have good relationships with physicians and administration, and 76% believe that quality and safety of care is a major problem.
Despite the recent increase in nurses entering the profession, it is estimated that by 2020 there will be a shortage of over 1,000,000 nurses due to poor retention of new nurses and the retirement of the “baby boomer” nurses. Ninety-three percent of nurses believe that the shortage will cause stress and lead to more nurses leaving the profession.
The average age of working nurses is 46.8 years, and the percentage of nurses under the age of 30 has decreased. We’ve added more nurses, but many of them will leave the profession in the next 15 years due to job dissatisfaction; and 30% of nurses under the age of 30 plan to leave their job in the next 12 months.
How
certification can help:
Nurses report that continuing education and career development programs
are effective recruitment and retention strategies. The national turnover
rate is 13.9%. Magnet hospitals and others with great continuing education
programs have decreased that by half. Decreasing turnover by 3% saves
hospitals $800,000 per year. Therefore, it makes sense to invest in continuing
education and career development programs to improve patient care and
decrease turnover. Older nurses recommend a commitment to training and
education as an effective strategy to make the workplace more attractive
and delay retirement.
| Safe and effective patient care is only possible where there are enough nurses to care for patients; a commitment to continuing education and career development helps attract and retain nurses. A commitment to specialty certification meets those ends. |
We need to develop our next generation of nurses and give them the resources they need to be successful and lead their generation. Make a commitment to specialty certification and make a commitment to the future of nursing!
For Nurses: Learn how you can become more confident, improve your care and improve collaborative relationships with your peers.
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For Hospitals: Empower your nurses to become extraordinary; give them the resources they need to become certified and improve their care.
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