McKnight’s Senior Living November 17, 2023
Kathleen Steele Gaivin

The nursing profession is in “desperate need of sustained support” lest the workforce continue to decline. That’s according to the results of a mental health and wellness survey released this month from the American Nurses Foundation and research firm McKinsey.

The survey was conducted as part of the Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series.

The nursing turnover rate still is higher than pre-pandemic levels as the profession continues to feel the effects of the pandemic, the foundation said.

“According to this study, there are three major reasons impacting nurses’ decisions to leave the profession or change positions: insufficient staffing, feeling unvalued by their organization and inadequate compensation,” noted the authors of a report on the results. “Insufficient staffing...

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