Here's How to Keep Nurses From Leaving

Payment recognition, effective mentoring, and nurse residency programs can help prevent nurses from leaving their jobs, said nurse leaders and government officials during an online discussion of workforce issues hosted by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the healthcare sector has lost close to half a million workers since February 2020, said Elizabeth Kittrie, a DrPH candidate and senior advisor to the associate administrator for the Bureau of Health Workforce at HRSA, who moderated Wednesday's webinar.

That isn't surprising given the hardships hospital workers, especially nurses, endured during the pandemic, Kittrie suggested. Approximately 51% of nurses say they are exhausted and 43% report feeling overwhelmed, according to a survey from the American Nursing Foundation. ...