McKnight’s Senior Living September 23, 2022
Sixty-five percent of nurses participating in a recent survey said they intend to leave the profession within the next two years, up 18% from last year.
The results came in ShiftMed’s annual State of Nursing Survey, released Thursday.
Additionally, the survey found that nurses are becoming less likely to recommend the profession to their friends and family, with 36% of respondents saying that they would not do so, an increase from 28% in 2021.
“Many people feel the nursing shortage was COVID-related. Although the pandemic exacerbated the situation, the nursing shortage predated the pandemic and is driven by the aging demographics in the US,” ShiftMed CEO Todd Walrath told the McKnight’s Business Daily. “Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics,...
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