McKnight's April 10, 2024
Unpleasant working conditions are a top reason nurses walk away from their jobs at long-term care facilities and hospitals, and bid adieu to healthcare, according to a new report.
The study, published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open, sought to define why nurses aren’t just leaving their jobs, but are walking away from the healthcare industry completely.
Researchers looked at nurses in long-term care communities, ambulatory care and hospitals, the study showed. The team surveyed 7,887 nurses from Illinois and New York who walked away from healthcare employment between 2018 and 2021.
Planned retirement was the top reason nurses left healthcare. But right behind that — as the second-leading cause for leaving the field — were reasons related to working...
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