A report from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing indicated that nearly 100,000 nurses left the profession during the pandemic, with more considering leaving.
“The data is clear: the future of nursing and of the U.S. health care ecosystem is at an urgent crossroads,” said Maryann Alexander, NCSBN chief officer of nursing regulation. “The pandemic has stressed nurses to leave the workforce and has expedited an intent to leave in the near future, which will become a greater crisis and threaten patient populations if solutions are not enacted immediately.” The group behind the report said changes must be made in order to prevent more nurses from leaving.
The data from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing stands in contrast to federal government data. The Bureau of Labor Statistics expected the field to grow by 6% between 2021 and 2031.
nurses have been burned out especially Banner nurses, they became hero’s and enemies within a year because of the pandemic. We had teams in place to handle a disaster in Arizona like the covid one put in place by Obama after Katrina and as soon as youknowwho took office, gone!
Let’s not even talk about how people treat nurses.