MedPage Today April 17, 2023
— Study projects loss of 1 million nurses, including 800,000 RNs
WASHINGTON — Experts projected that roughly 800,000 registered nurses (RNs) intend to leave the workforce by 2027 — on top of the more than 100,000 who left during the COVID-19 pandemic — during a presentation ahead of a solution-oriented panel discussion at the National Press Club last week.
In other words, close to one-fifth of the 4.5 million RNs in the country intend to leave the workforce, which would likely have ripple effects on the entire healthcare system, said Brendan Martin, PhD, director of nursing regulation for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), the host of Thursday’s panel.
“High workloads and unprecedented levels of burnout during...
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