HealthExec May 9, 2023
By Hannah Murphy

Released to coincide with the kickoff of National Nurses Week, new data on ongoing staffing shortages suggest that the percentage of nurses with plans to leave the field continues to weigh heavy on the healthcare system.

Survey results published by McKinsey and Co. revealed that up to 31% of nurses intend to leave their current direct patient care position within the next year. This alone is not surprising, as the healthcare industry lost tens of thousands of workers during the Great Resignation. But with the height of COVID now seemingly in the rearview mirror, the issue’s persistence is a concern, according to authors of the new report.

“When we tabulated the results of our first nationwide nursing survey...

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