The Mature Nurse & Nurse Retention
The Center for American Nurses is committed to creating healthy work environments for mature nurses through advocacy, education and research. According to the 2004 National Survey of Registered Nurses conducted by the US Department of Health and Human Services the average age of a RN is 46.8 years and is increasing. Nurse retention requires a focus on challenges faced by mature nurses to better understand the changing needs of all nurses and their work environment.
An educational resource for mature nurses, highlighting workplace challenges of particular interest, and listing resources to effectively address them so they can remain longer in the profession.
This page was partly supported by a Fellowship from the Nurse Competence in Aging (NCA), which seeks to improve the quality of health care older adults receive by enhancing the geriatric competence of http://consultgerirn.org/
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