Becker's Healthcare August 23, 2023
The nurse staffing shortage didn’t start with the pandemic, but it demands that healthcare leaders take a fresh look at why it exists and the barriers that get in the way of recruiting and retaining nursing talent.
The statistics are all too familiar: One out of three nurses wanted to leave bedside nursing in 2022, and nine out of 10 believe the nursing shortage is getting worse, according to a survey by Nurse.org. By 2030, all but eight states could have fewer nurses than they need, the survey found.
But the focus on “right now” and “what’s next” distracts healthcare leaders from facing the hard facts: Nursing shortages are a complex phenomenon that began to take shape even before WWII...
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