Medical Xpress April 6, 2023
About 39% of nurses in the state of Michigan say they intend to leave their jobs in the next year, according to a University of Michigan study.
For years, nurses have detailed chronically poor working conditions and health care executives have warned of impending nursing staffing shortages—but few recent studies have asked nurses directly about their employment plans.
To that end, U-M researchers asked 9,150 state-licensed nurses in Michigan about their plans to leave their current nursing jobs, reduce hours or pursue travel nursing in the Michigan Nurses Survey. They also surveyed 1,224 nurses who left their nursing positions within the past two years.
The researchers hoped the study would paint a clearer picture for Michigan and inform solutions, said...
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