Skilled Nursing News October 19, 2021
Alex Zorn

Out of 250 nurses, nearly half say they may consider leaving nursing in the next two years, according to ShiftMed’s annual state of nursing report released on Tuesday.

According to the report, 20% of the 200 RNs, 25 LPNs and 25 CNAs surveyed say they are very likely to leave the profession.

Offering flexible scheduling is one way ShiftMed CEO Todd Walrath, thinks operators could help lessen the staffing shortage seen across the industry.

Though he admits it will take more than one strategy to keep the staffing shortage from getting any worse than it is right now.

“I know that before COVID, there were 500,000 openings for nurses and the Bureau of Labor and Statistics just came out last...

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