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The Rising Tide of Nursing Burnout: Insights and Reflections

NurseBuff

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.

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The Nurses’ Strike Resolved

Empowered Nurses

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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Is Nursing Heading for Collapse?

Daily Nurse

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.

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Travel Nursing Pre and Post-Pandemic

The Gypsy Nurse

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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Nursing Trends in 2023 and Beyond

Diversity Nursing

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.

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Nurse Staffing Standards Act Is First Step in Solving Nursing Shortage

Amercan Journal of Nursing

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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5 Challenges (and Solutions) for Nurse Staffing Managers

Scrubs

Nurse Shortages According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, demand for nurse practitioners and other healthcare professionals will soar over the next ten years. will have over 1 million nurse job openings as older nurses retire. This means competition for nurses will only get worse in the years to come.