Nurses care for all of us. The least we can do is return the favor

Becker's Healthcare May 3, 2023
By Steven Polega, RN, MHA, is chief nursing officer at University of Michigan Health-West.

Nurses, the heart and soul of American healthcare, are leaving the profession at an alarming pace. A recent University of Michigan study puts this long-building exodus in a new light: 39 percent of state-licensed nurses in Michigan told researchers they plan to leave their jobs in the next year. That’s bad news for a state with an estimated 8,500 open nursing positions. It gets worse.

The Michigan study, led by Christopher Friese, found the group most likely to leave were those representing the next generation of caregivers: 59 percent of nurses 25 or younger said they plan to leave in the next year. And for anyone hoping this trend diminishes as we emerge from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

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