It is never easy to be a nurse serving on the front lines of health care delivery. Nurses know this. Perhaps you have seen the stories about the number of nurses leaving the profession. The reasons for their leaving are many and reflect poorly on our health care system. We might be able to get along pretty well without venture capitalists but we can’t get along without a sufficient number of competent nurses.
There are two interrelated factors that are cited most frequently by nurses who are leaving the profession or thinking about it. Burnout/Overwork and pay. The Covid pandemic
