HIT Consultant August 23, 2023
Nurses have the highest level of public trust across medical professions, yet there’s a huge chasm between Americans’ appreciation for nursing and the profession’s uncertain future. A nursing shortage, exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, has been fueled largely by high levels of moral distress, politicization, and lack of support. Left unchecked, the country will experience a critical shortfall of nearly 200,000 nurses in just a few years, according to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
There are reasons for hope. The pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities in nurses’ workplace environment and culture that have fueled the nursing diaspora. But it also shined a light on nurses’ courage and heroism. The World Health Organization declared 2020 the International Year of...