Fierce Healthcare March 15, 2024
Despite challenges with compensation, staffing shortages, safety and more, most nurses want to remain in the field until retirement, a new report found.
The State of U.S. Nursing Report, in its fifth iteration, was published by healthcare career marketplace Incredible Health. The report included the platform’s proprietary data from 1 million nurses users and the findings of a survey that reached more than 3,300 nurses working in the hospital setting.
It found that nearly a quarter of nurses say they are very likely to leave their role this year. Though nurses are slightly less dissatisfied with current staffing levels compared to 2023, 88% believe that patient care is being negatively impacted by staffing shortages. More than half of nurses (63%)...