Career Resources

• CMS establishes minimum LTC staffing standards
  In a significant move toward achieving safe nurse staffing levels, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) established minimum staffing standards for nurses in long-term care (LTC) facilities across the country.
• From data to action
  In 2023, the Nurse Staffing Task Force, a collaboration between the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN), an ANA organizational affiliate, outlined five imperatives, 16 recommendations, and 65 associated actions to actualize a sustainable nursing workforce.
• 2023 nursing trends and salary survey results
  More than 3,500 nurses took part in the American Nurse Journal’s seventh annual Trends and Salary Survey.
• The Grinch and “grumpy staying”
  “Grumpy staying,” a workforce trend cited as a characteristic of some in the workplace, refers to high-potential employees who are dissatisfied with their jobs but choose to stay in their current positions rather than seek other opportunities.
• The value equation
  In 2022, the Partners for Nurse Staffing Think Tank, a collaboration among the American Nurses Association (ANA) and other leading organizations, identified 150 strategies that accountable parties could implement within 12 to 18 months and assess with measurable outcomes
• In search of staffing solutions
  Innovation, change management, persistence define successful strategies Appropriate staffing—a dynamic process that aligns the number of nurses, their workload, expertise, and resources with patient needs to achieve quality outcomes within a healthy work environment—is a longstanding goal in healthcare. Achieving this ideal, as defined in 2023 by the Nurse Staffing Task Force, requires heavy doses...