McKinsey May 5, 2023
When we tabulated the results of our first nationwide nursing survey almost two years ago, we were surprised to see such a high reported likelihood of nurses planning to leave their jobs—and we did not expect this trend to persist for such an extended period of time.
But that is what has happened in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, we have seen some of this reported anticipated turnover actually occur, as well as a decrease in the overall active nursing workforce....