Becker's Healthcare January 3, 2022
Medscape’s 2021 report on nurse career satisfaction, published Dec. 29, probed the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on career satisfaction, as well as nurse burnout and workplace violence against nurses.
The report is based on a poll of 10,788 nurses conducted over the summer of 2021. Responses came from a range of nursing positions, including LPNs, RNs and APRNs, a group that included nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, clinical nurse specialists, and certified registered nurse anesthetists.
Five findings:
1. At least 25 percent of respondents in each position category said the pandemic decreased their satisfaction with being a nurse, with nurse midwives (41 percent) and RNs (40 percent) most likely to report this.
2. In each nursing position category, at...
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