- he American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) found 67 percent of nurses plan to leave their current nursing position within three years, up from 54 percent in 2018. Of those who plan to leave, 36 percent said they intended to leave within the next year. Sixty-three person of nurses who intended to leave said that higher salary and benefits could likely influence them to stay. Fifty-seven percent said better staffing could cause them to reconsider leaving. The study also found workplaces that had implemented any of the AACN’s six standards for establishing and sustaining healthy work environments showed more positive survey results from nurses compared to those that had not.(Study here)
August 5, 2022
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