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“I really liked talking about “wins” and “real life” examples from the different local units.”
A Nurse from Northeast Ohio
There isn't a shortage of nurses, there's a shortage of nurses who are willing to continue working in the dangerous, unnecessarily stressful, burnout-inducing conditions that corporate-run healthcare insists on creating in hospitals across the country.It's time for staffing ratios determined by the nurses and frontline workers who directly care for patients. It's time #safestaffingsaveslivesfestaffingsaveslivesAmerica’s nurses are more educated than ever and can command six-figure salaries. Most have their bachelor’s degree. Their income has boomed since the pandemic to a median $97,550 a year, and their hands-on work isn’t easily automated away. Nursing schools have seen their ranks swell, minting thousands of new graduates every year.They’re also leaving the bedside in droves. Burnout and complaints about understaffing, verbal abuse and workplace violence are pushing many nurses off the front lines and into other careers where their skills are in high demand. One 2024 survey of 800,000 nurses found that roughly 40% said they planned to leave the workforce or retire in the next five years, with many citing stress, burnout and understaffing. In another survey this year, 43% said they were likely to leave bedside roles within the next year, up from 38% the prior year. The revolving door is driving up expenses for hospitals that spend millions to recruit staff and fill gaps, and increasing costs for patients.Health executives say worker churn also jeopardizes patient safety, intensifying the risk of patient falls, medical errors and missed cues. Senior nurses, in particular, bring vast stores of clinical intuition and operational expertise that help ensure unit safety, mentor less-experienced staff and keep complex hospital floors running efficiently.A decade ago when managing emergency departments, Dustin Bass said he was accustomed to tapping his most tenured nurses to run triage. With a decade or two on the job, they could look across a room and spot who was having a heart attack. “Now you have nurses running massive emergency rooms with 133 care spaces, and they’ve only been working for two or three years,” said Bass, president of the Emergency Nurses Association. 🔗 Read more: on.wsj.com/3W4hmBz
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