MedCity News July 31, 2022
Katie Adams

Nursing graduates are entering the profession in a state of anxiety about staffing shortages, with 55% of them saying they do not plan to stick with the career until retirement, according to a new report. The two main sources of this anxiety are worries about inadequate onboarding processes and being overworked.

The staffing crisis among U.S. healthcare workers continues to make headlines, with senior care and nursing suffering the worst employee deficits. More than 100,00 registered nurses left the workforce in 2021, the worst exodus the career had seen in more than four decades.

The workplace climate of excessive burnout and rapid turnover is causing new graduates to enter the nursing profession in a state of anxiety, according to a...

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