Becker's Healthcare December 27, 2023
Many of the struggles that strained the nursing profession in years prior continued to do so in 2023, perhaps unsurprisingly to some. Multiple surveys on the profession this year highlighted continued staffing issues, burnout, nurses wanting to leave the profession, lacking feelings of support from hospitals and a range of other issues.
With a growing nursing shortage, projected to continue through 2030, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects there will be an average of 194,500 annual openings in the nursing profession until that time.
Retirement rates of nurses in the baby boomer generation are happening at a faster pace than incoming nurses can replace are expected to further contribute to the overall shortage, according to the American Nurses Association
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