Becker's Healthcare August 11, 2023
Burnout rates and depression rates have been high for nurse practitioners since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Medscape’s 2023 “Nurse Practitioner Burnout and Depression” report.
Here are nine key notes from the annual survey:
1. Thirty-eight percent of nurse practitioners report feeling burned out, while an additional 5 percent report feeling depressed. Twenty-seven percent are both burned out and depressed.
2. About 14 percent of nurse practitioners feel so severely burnt out that they are considering leaving medicine.
3. Forty-two percent of nurse practitioners have felt burnt out for one to two years, while 27 percent have felt burnt out for over two years.
4. Fifty-nine percent of nurse practitioners...
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