NurseBuff
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Fairly recently, a mental health tech, a nurse manager, and a psychiatrist – all long-time veterans of the psychiatric hospital where I work – retired and sadly died from heart attacks immediately after. I’m a mental health RN.
Empowered Nurses
JANUARY 19, 2023
I hope nurses elsewhere will stand their ground as safe staffing not only improves patient care but also decreases nurse burnout. Pay was never the issues as an almost 20% raise over the next 3 years. This result in New York is a great start because change usually occurs on the coasts first.
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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.
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.
Diversity Nursing
JULY 10, 2023
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nurses have experienced higher rates of burnout which has led to an increased number of Nurses leaving bedside Nursing or even the Nursing profession altogether.
Amercan Journal of Nursing
MAY 11, 2023
A recent survey found that job satisfaction has been dropping for nurses, while the percentage who say they may leave the profession is as high as 30% overall, with younger nurses those likely to say they may leave. Nurse educators do our best, but we know that we are sending new graduates into the fire.
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