Posted April 20, 2023
According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), hospices may see a mass exodus of registered nurses in coming years, particularly younger, newer and less experienced nurses experiencing pandemic-related burnout. The NCSBN is predicting that close to 900,000 of the nation’s 4.5 million registered nurses will leave the health care workforce by 2027, representing roughly one-fifth of the nation’s overall health care workforce, the research found.
The data paints a picture of what the hospice clinical workforce could look like without some critical changes, according to Maryann Alexander, chief officer of nursing regulation at NCSBN. “The data is clear: The future of nursing and of the U.S. health care ecosystem is at an urgent crossroads,” Alexander said in a statement. “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.”
Sixty-two percent of the surveyed hospice nurses relayed that their workloads had increased during the pandemic, leaving more than half feeling “emotionally drained” or “used up” — 50.8% and 56.4%, respectively.
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