2020 Nursing Burnout Retirement 
Daily Nurse
JANUARY 15, 2024
They found that 1/3 of surveyed physicians and nurses planned to reduce work hours within a year, and approximately 40% of nurses planned to leave their current jobs within two years [3]. Stress, burnout, and heavy workload. Nurses who are leaving the bedside aren’t retirement age.
The Gypsy Nurse
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic shined a bright light on the ongoing shortage — a shortage due in part to nurses retiring, a lack of nurse educators, and an aging patient population living longer with chronic medical conditions. The shortages have led to nurse burnout, which has played a role in decreasing retention levels.
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Nurse.com
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
With autonomy, a nurse can act on patient care matters without approval from other members of the healthcare team, including physicians. Many factors are responsible for this shortage, with some physicians retiring early due to burnout , decreasing medical school enrollment, the cost of education, as well as fewer residency programs.
American Nurse
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Although the NPD program is designed to assist new nurses in their transition to practice, feedback from experienced nursing staff indicated that they enjoy having a resource they can turn to for questions and to clarify policies and initiatives. Nursing professional development standards. StatPearls. September 20, 2022.
University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Longer lifespans extend the period when patients need care, intensifying demands on an already strained healthcare system and worsening the nursing shortage. In 2022, the median age of employed registered nurses was 46 years old, and more than 25% of all RNs say they will retire or leave the nursing field within the next five years.
American Nurse
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Evidence indicates that a significant number of nurses providing care for patients with COVID-19 have experienced physical violence and verbal abuse. Data collected by Byon and colleagues from February to May/June 2020 showed that 44.4% of nurses reported experiencing physical violence and 67.8% February 7, 2020.
Life of a Nurse
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
One of the largest cohorts for Registered Nurses and Physicians was 55 years and over (another significant one was 64+ old). According to RNAO (2021) 1/3 of nurses 50+ years are considering retirement within 2-5 years. The physicians have a significant pattern of retiring, leaving practices, and not entering family medicine.
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