Home Health Care News October 19, 2021
Almost half of U.S. nurses are at least “somewhat likely” to leave their professions in the upcoming two years, according to a new report from ShiftMed.
Of those workers, 38% plan to pursue non-patient facing roles in health care, while 31% plan on leaving health care altogether.
“I would say this number was shocking,” Todd Walrath, the CEO of ShiftMed, told Home Health Care News. “We already know there’s a nursing shortage, and we know that there’s people leaving the workforce for a variety of reasons. But I don’t think that number is factored into anybody’s calculus right now, the speed at which they may leave it in the future. It might be an indication that the impact of COVID...
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