Patterns and Correlates of Nurse Departures From the Health Care Workforce: Results From a Statewide Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care executives and policymakers have raised concerns about the adequacy of the US nursing workforce to meet service demands. Workforce concerns have risen given the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and chronically poor working conditions. There are few recent studies that directly survey nurses on their work plans to inform possible remedies.

Methods

In March 2022, 9150 nurses with a Michigan license completed a survey on their plans to leave their current nursing position, reduce their hours, or pursue travel nursing. Another 1224 nurses who left their nursing position within the past 2 years also reported their reasons for departure. Logistic regression models with backward selection procedures estimated the effects of age, workplace concerns, and workplace factors o

SUBMITTER: Medvec BR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080544 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature