McKnight’s Senior Living April 10, 2024
Insufficient staffing was the most common reason that registered nurses left their work in residential and nursing homes, followed by burnout or emotional exhaustion, in a study published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open.
Thirty-seven percent of participating RNs working in residential and nursing homes cited insufficient staffing as the reason they left, whereas 32% cited burnout or emotional exhaustion.
The cross-sectional study analyzed survey data from 7,887 RNs in New York and Illinois who left healthcare employment between 2018 and 2021; 660 of the respondents worked in residential and nursing homes, and 697 worked in home care or hospice settings. Other participants worked in hospitals, primary and ambulatory care, or other settings.
“Nurses are not principally leaving for personal reasons,...
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